419 scam: "United Nations Council"<admin@BANAMOGROUP.COM> UNITED NATIONS ASSISTED PROGRAM

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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:
- "courier service" (Courier companies mentioned in 419 scams are always fake. They will have you send money to them, but won't deliver anything. )
- "abuja" (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 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.
- dr.henrycole114@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "United Nations Council" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <unitednationscouncil1@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 18 Nov 2014 12:24:22 +0100
Subject: UNITED NATIONS ASSISTED PROGRAM

UNITED NATIONS (UNITED NATIONS ASSISTED PROGRAMME) DIRECTORATE OF INTERNATIONAL PAYMENT AND TRANSFERS. UNITED NATIONS LIAISON OFFICE Our Ref: WB/NF/UN/XX027 DEAR BENEFICIARY : How are you today? Hope all is well with you and family?You may not understand why this mail came to you. We have been having a meeting for the passed 7 months which ended 2 days ago with the UNITED NATIONS BOARD OF TRUSTEES AND AUDITORS with I, myself as secretary general to the United Nation Mr.Ban Ki-moon. I want you to know that during the last U.N. meetings held at United Nations office in Abuja,Federal Republic of Nigeria, it was alarmed at the meeting about the lost of funds by various individuals to scams artists operating in various part of the world today. This email is to all the people that have been scammed in any part of the world, the UNITED NATIONS have agreed to compensate them with the sum of US$750,000,00 each.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 or the other.We found your name in our list and that is why we are contacting you, this have been agreed upon and have been signed in conjunction with the World bank and the International Monetary Fund(IMF). On this faithful recommendations,you are advised to contact Dr.Henry Cole of Koelner Bank Plc,as he is our representative, contact him immediately for your ATM CARD of USD$750,000,00.This amount of funds are in ATM card for security purpose,so he will send it to you through Courier Services and you can make withdrawal at any ATM machine in your country and in anywhere in the world. Therefore, you should send him your full Name,your correct mailing address where you want him to send the ATM card to you, your telephone number and your occupation.Take note that you can also receive your compensation payments via WIRE TRANSFER. Contact Dr.Henry Cole immediately for your ATM card: Person to Contact Dr.Henry Cole. Email: dr.henrycole114@gmail.com Thanks and God bless you and your family. Hoping to hear from you as soon as you receive your ATM card. Making the world a better place, MY BEST REGARDS. Mr.Ban Ki-moon Secretary General,The United Nations.

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