419 scam: "Mrs. Carman Lapointe-Young" <khainee@jmpartners.com.my> REPLY URGENTLY

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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:

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. )
- "fund beneficiary" (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)
- "economic and financial crime commission" (This name is often mentioned in money recovery scams (re-scam): the real EFCC does not contact victims to offer to get their money back because that is near impossible. )
- "(efcc)" (This name is often mentioned in money recovery scams (re-scam): the real EFCC does not contact victims to offer to get their money back because that is near impossible. )
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: "Mrs. Carman Lapointe-Young" <khainee@jmpartners.com.my>
Date: Tue, 1 Jul 2014 23:54:52 +0100
Subject: REPLY URGENTLY

UNITED NATIONS OFFICE OF INTERNAL OVERSIGHT SERVICES
Internal Audit,Monitoring,Consulting And Investigations Division
From: Mrs. Carman Lapointe-Young.

To: Fund Beneficiary,

This is to inform you that I came to Nigeria three days ago from the United Nations headquarters after series of complain from the FBI and other Security agencies from Asia, Europe, Oceania, Antarctica, South America and the United States of America respectively, against the Federal Government of Nigeria and the British Government over the rate of scam activities going on in these two nations and the rate at which fund beneficiaries are being treated and deceived to the extend of rendering most of these people bankrupt and homeless.

Right now,as directed by our secretary general Mr.Ban Ki-Moon, We are working in collaborations with the Nigerian Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC) and from the file where she stopped and have decided to waive away all your clearance fees/Charges and authorize the Government of Nigeria to effect the payment of your compensation of an amount of $10M approved by both the British government and the UN into your account without any delay.The only fee you will pay to confirm your fund in your account is your Notarization fee to the UN.

Sincerely, you are such a lucky person because as I just arrived in this country, I went through your fund payment & ownership file to discovered that some top Nigerians and British Government Officials are interested in your fund and they are working in collaboration with One Mr. Richard Graves from Canada to frustrate you and thereafter divert your fund into their personal account, maybe my predecessor have not informed you this but am here to tell you now and to make things right.

I have a very limited time to stay here so I would like you to urgently respond to this message in my private email at: mrscarmanlapointe@sapo.ao

Sincerely yours,
Mrs. Carman Lapointe-Young
Email: mrscarmanlapointe@sapo.ao

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