419 scam: "Carman Lapointe"<c.lapointe@un.org> Re: Unpaid Beneficiary

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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:

An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
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:
- "clearance fee" (this will cost you money - be careful with upfront payments to anyone you only know through email, especially if they promise you a lot of money. NEVER send money by Western Union or MoneyGram to people you do not know personally - NO EXCEPTIONS! Instant wire transfer services are not meant to be used with strangers because they offer no protection against fraud. That is precisely why the criminals want you send money that way. )
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
This email lists free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
- carman.lapointe50@yahoo.ca (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Carman Lapointe" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <carman.lapointe50@yahoo.ca>
Date: Wed, 20 Nov 2013 15:56:11 -0800
Subject: Re: Unpaid Beneficiary

From: Ms. Carman L. Lapointe
Head Of United Nations Under-Secretary-General
For Internal Oversight Services

To: Unpaid Beneficiary,

This is to inform you that I came to Nigeria yesterday from Canada, after series of complaint from the FBI and other Security agencies from Asia,Europe, South America and the United States of America respectively, against the Federal Government of Nigeria and the British Government for the high volume of fraudulent activities going on in these two nations.

Right now, as directed by the UN secretary General Ban Ki-Moon, we are working in collaboration with the Nigerian Financial Crime Commission/agencies and we have decided to waive away all your clearance fees/Charges and authorized the Government of Nigeria to effect your overdue payment worth US$2.5 million only into your account without any delay as approved and instructed by the US Government and UNITED NATIONS. But the fee you will have to pay to receive your fund is the Notarization

fee.

Sincerely, you are a lucky person because I have just discovered that some top Nigerian and Canadian Government Officials are interested in your fund and they are working in collaboration with One Mr. Richard Graves from USA to frustrate you and thereafter divert your fund into their personal account.

Note that I have a very limited time to stay here in Nigeria so I want you to urgently respond to this message by reconfirming your full name, address and your direct phone contact to me at once so I can advise you on how best to confirm your fund in your account within the next 72 hours. Once again, the fee you will pay to receive your fund is the Notarization

fee only. Upon your request, I will send you the payment information you will use in sending the Notarization fee.

You can reach me via my direct email address: (carman.lapointe50@yahoo.ca)

Sincerely yours,
Ms. Carman L. Lapointe,
Head Of United Nations Under-Secretary-General
For Internal Oversight Services.

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