419 scam: "j jo"<mz45@mail.austria.com> ZENITH BANK COMPENSATION UNIT, IN AFFILIATION WITH THE UNITED NATION.

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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:
- "abuja" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
- "lagos" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
This email lists mobile phone numbers. Use of such numbers is typical for scams because they allow criminals to conceal their true location. They can receive calls in an Internet cafe from where they send you emails, while pretending to be in some office.
- +2348167129862

Fraud email example:

From: "j jo" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <joj22j@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 28 Aug 2014 07:34:24 +0100
Subject: ZENITH BANK COMPENSATION UNIT, IN AFFILIATION WITH THE UNITED NATION.

ZENITH BANK COMPENSATION UNIT, IN AFFILIATION WITH THE UNITED NATION.

Antt: Sir

SCAMMED VICTIM/5 MILLION BENEFICIARY.REF/PAYMENTS CODE: 06654 5MILLION USD

This is to bring to your notice that I am delegated from the United Nations to ZENITH BANK. Nigeria to pay 100 Nigerian 419 scam victims $5 Million each,

You are listed and approved for this payments as one of the scammed victims, get back to as soon as possible for the immediate payments of your $5 Million compensations funds.

On this faithful recommendations, I want you to know that during the last UN meetings held at Abuja, Nigeria, it was alarmed so much by the rest of the world in the meetings on the lose of funds by various foreigners to the scams artists operating in syndicates all over the world today, in other to retain the good image of the country, the president of the country is now paying 100 victims of this operators $5 Million USD each, Due to the corrupt and inefficient banking systems in Nigeria , the payments are to be paid by ZENITH BANK. Nigeria as corresponding paying bank under funding assistance by the National Westminster bank London

According to the number of applicants at hand, 84 beneficiaries has been paid, half of the victims are from the United States, we still have more 20 left to be paid the compensations of $5 Million each. Your particulars was mentioned by one of the syndicates who was arrested in Lagos Nigeria as one of their victims of the operations, you are hereby warned not to communicate or duplicate this message to him for any reason what so ever.

You can receive your compensations payments via any of the both options you choose, ATM CARD, DRAFT PAYMENTS or WIRE TRANSFERS,I shall feed you with further modalities as soon as I hear from you.
Call me +2348167129862.
I am waiting for your urgent respond.

Yours faithfully,

IYAMAH WILLIAMS.
(United Nations)
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