419 scam: "USA Compensation office"<paymentoffice@un.org> PAYMENT FOR SCAM VICTIMS

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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.
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: "USA Compensation office" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <ahmedalabi171@yahoo.co.nz>
Date: Tue, 26 Nov 2013 03:13:52 -0600
Subject: PAYMENT FOR SCAM VICTIMS

PAYMENT FOR SCAM VICTIMS FROM UNITED NATIONS COMPENSATION COMMISSION.

Attention,

Your email address was submitted to our office as beneficiary to one of the thirty- six (36) Compensation payments

sent to our bank on the 1st . November 2013 through our Online transit account, under the instructions from the

United Nation IN Affiliation with WORLD BANK has agreed to compensate you with the sum of $7,500,927.00.

So far Twenty-seven (27) Compensation payments have since been completed, while nine (9) payments remained pending

and your email address was one of the payments remained pending following transaction references; ---BCEAO-470.

Please contact me at email: drahmedalabi17@xd.ae

for further instructions.

Sincerely,

Director,Mr.Ahmed Alabi

Department of Economic and Social Affairs

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