419 scam: "Ban Ki-Moon"<ban_kimoon1000@london.com> PAYMENT AND TRANSFER OF OVER DUE INHERITANCE FUND

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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:
- "million dollars" (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: "Ban Ki-Moon" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <ban_kimoon1001@yahoo.com.hk>
Date: Tue, 4 Jun 2013 02:20:01 +0800
Subject: PAYMENT AND TRANSFER OF OVER DUE INHERITANCE FUND

Our Ref: WB/NF/UN/XX028 UNITED NATIONS.
(WORLD BANK ASSISTED PROGRAMME)
DIRECTORATE OF INTERNATIONAL
PAYMENT AND TRANSFERS.
870 UNITED NATIONS PLAZA 20-A TT UNITED KINGDOM 10017
WIRE TRANSFER/AUDIT UNIT

Congratulations Beneficiary,

You may not understand why this mail came to you. We have been having a meeting for the past 7 months which just ended few days ago with the secretary to the UNITED NATIONS. This email is to all the people that have been scammed in any part of the world, the UNITED NATIONS in Affiliation with WORLD BANK have agreed to compensate them with the sum of USD$2.5million Dollars.

This includes every foreign contractors that may have not received their contract sum, and people that have had an unfinished transaction or international businesses that failed due to Government problems etc. We found your name in the list of those who are to benefit from these compensation exercise and that is why we are contacting you, this have been agreed upon and have been signed. You are advised to respond so that i will forward your information so we will send it to the paying center in MALAYSIA, our representative in ASIA

I apologize on behalf of my organization for any delay You are required to contact the above person and furnish him with the following of your information that will be required to avoid any mistakes:-
Your Full name:
Contact Address:
Telephone Number:
Occupation, Sex , Age:

Congratulations, and I look forward to hear from you as soon as you confirm your payment making the world a better place.

Regards,
Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon
http://www.un.org/sg/

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