419 scam: "Hon. H. E. Mr. Ken Kanda." <mrjamesgeorge77@gmail.com> RE: DEAR BENEFICIARY (YOUR COMPENSATION)

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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.
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.
- unddp009@gmail.com (Gmail/GoogleMail; can be used from anywhere worldwide)

Fraud email example:

From: "Hon. H. E. Mr. Ken Kanda." <mrjamesgeorge77@gmail.com>
Reply-To: unddp009@gmail.com
Date: Sun, 8 Mar 2015 11:35:48 -0700
Subject: RE: DEAR BENEFICIARY (YOUR COMPENSATION)

Note! after series of meeting that lasted for three (3) months with the Dr.
Kofi Atta Annan, a Ghanaian diplomat who served as the seventh
Secretary-General of the United Nations from January 1997 to December 2006.

Your name was short-listed on a compensation program for those who were
victims in the area of internet scam, long overdue contract/inheritance
payment victims and lottery gaming. This is part the United Nations social
security measure to eradicate pains and also aimed to help families and
communities with the current global crisis and also aimed to help reduce
poverty in the global world. The United Nations Compensation Commission has
awarded you a compensation prize of US$75,000.00 (seventy-five thousand
United States dollars) only and this payment shall be release to you only
upon your response to this message by contacting the United Nations Human
Rights Monitoring Mechanisms department, Republic of Ghana.

You are advised to contact Mr. Jim Olivia Fernando, as he is our
representative officer in Republic of Ghana, contact him immediately for
the release of your compensation prize of US$75,000.00 (seventy-five
thousand United States dollars) awarded to you and therefore, you should
send him your full Name and telephone number/your correct mailing address
where you want him to send the draft to.

United Nations Human Rights Monitoring Mechanisms
Table of contact: ----- Mr. Jim Olivia Fernando
Telephone: ----- +233 242529078
Email: ----- unddp009@gmail.com

Quot your Compensation Code: UND0009383 (UNFPA).
Good luck and kind regards,

Hon. H. E. Mr. Ken Kanda.
Permanent Representative and Leader
Ambassador.

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