419 scam: "Ambassador Department"<ambassadorsinc@un.org> Can You Become Our Ambassador...

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"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam

The so-called "419" scam is a type of fraud dominated by criminals from Nigeria and other countries in Africa. Victims of the scam are promised a large amount of money, such as a lottery prize, inheritance, money sitting in some bank account, etc.

Victims never receive this non-existent fortune but are tricked into sending their money to the criminals, who remain anonymous. They hide their real identity and location by using fake names and fake postal addresses as well as communicating via anonymous free email accounts and mobile phones.

Keep in mind that scammers DO NOT use their real names when defrauding people.
The criminals either abuse names of real people or companies or invent names or addresses.
Any real people or companies mentioned below have NO CONNECTION to the scammers!

Read more about such scams here or in our 419 FAQ. Use the Scam-O-Matic to verify suspect emails.

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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

This email uses a separate reply address that is different from the sender address. Spammers use this to get replies even when the original spam sending accounts have been shut down. Also, sometimes the sender addresses are legitimate looking but fake and only the reply address is actually an email account controlled by the scammers.
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- ",000,000" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
- "00,000.00" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: "Ambassador Department" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <jameswhitelu0@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 18 Feb 2013 23:50:56 -0000
Subject: Can You Become Our Ambassador...

United Nation Department of Registrar office in New-York

Dear Sir / Madam,

I am the United Nations registrar for refugees here in New-York

I Hereby give the information that the member of Parliament is Looking for a holy, true, competant and hard working person, may be the UN Ambassador for African refugees in your Country.

The meeting at the at the Senate House (with the President Barrack Obama) was held, may your name be nominated for the vacant post as UN ambassador for African refugees in your country.

The monthly allocation of $ 10,000,000.00 (Ten million U.S. dollars) in order to make it easier to make your work more efficient, by ensuring you use this monthly allocation to build more refuge camps and assisting the African Refugees in your Country, and send us monthly reports directly to our office.

Please forward all your details to our office for processing at the United Nation Head Office in New York City will be updated so that United Nation Head

Office can include your name on the registration book for this event, and send your official letter about this event.

Please send the following details to our e-mail

Full name:
Address:
city:
State:
Country:
Qualification:
Occupation:
Monthly Income:
Age:
Marital status:

Send your information to one of these: ( registration-dept@un-con.org )

The United Nations parliament waiting for your respond as soon as possible.

Dr. Steve White.

warm Regards
United Nation Department.

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