419 scam: United Nation Legal Affairs <unla@gov.org> URGENT CHANGE OF ACCOUNT

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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:
- "inheritance funds" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- "diplomatic agent" ("diplomats" who perform deliveries of cash or other valuables to you only exist in 419 scams)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: United Nation Legal Affairs <unla@gov.org>
Reply-To: infomailfbi@mail2government.com
Date: Thu, 21 Feb 2013 09:30:24 -0430
Subject: URGENT CHANGE OF ACCOUNT

Attention: Beneficiary:

I want to use this opportunity to inform you that United Nation
Organization has
directed and (ORDERED ) the release of your funds through her compensatory
Payment Center to pay all foreign beneficiaries a compensatory sum of
10,700.000.usd because of your unfinished bank transaction with any banks,
Banks,agent, Payment Center, Diplomatic Agent and Financial
institution and some
bank aboard because your inheritance funds ,lottery etc also because
of the scam
and fraud activities which were have attempted to you.As mandated by American
government and British government on or before 30th Feb 2013 .

Note that you must stop all further transaction and follow this advise so that
you will release your fund.As disused and concluded in United Nation
Organization summit/ meeting in London last 2 weeks.

Please we want to inform you that your name and your information are listed in
our information database that you have an unfinished bank transaction
with some
Banks,agent, Payment Center, Diplomatic Agent and Financial
institution and some
bank aboard because your inheritance funds ,lottery fund etc, which
you were not
able to claim because on one or two reason.

Please kindly indicate if you have receive your compensatory
funds($10,700.000)
or not and also if you are the person that we are looking for and not .We have
tried all our possible ways and means to contact you but it failed and we want
to know if you are still alive or dead so that can finalized this transaction
once and for all.

Note that you can also visit this link (http://www.uncc.ch/status.htm) to see
the the data of all compensatory funds paid to individual via this means .

Best Regards,

1 United Nations Plaza
New York, NY 10017, United States
TEL/FAX +17187324212
DIRECTOR (UN COMPENSATION COUNCIL)
Robert S. Mueller III

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