419 scam: "Dr. Derek Werch"<ya.info89@yandex.com> Re: Greetings,

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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:
- "western union" (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. )
- "money gram" (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. )
- "mtcn" (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. )
- "hundred thousand united state dollars" (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)
- ",500,000" (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)
- "united state dollar" (this email uses bad English)
- "courier service" (Courier companies mentioned in 419 scams are always fake. They will have you send money to them, but won't deliver anything. )
- "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.
Western Union money transfer is completely untraceable and therefore is *not* safe to use with anyone you do not know personally. It is the preferred method of online criminals to collect money from their victims.
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_derekwerch19@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Dr. Derek Werch" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <dr_derekwerch19@yahoo.com>
Date: Tue, 31 Mar 2015 22:15:08 +0100
Subject: Re: Greetings,

WORLD BANK ASSISTED PROGRAMMED
DIRECTORATE OF INTERNATIONAL
PAYMENT AND TRANSFERS.
DEBT RECONCILIATION/AUDIT UNIT
United Nations Headquarters,
New York, NY 10017 , USA
YOUR REF: WB/NF/UN/XX028 UNITED NATIONS.

Greetings,

We were authorized by the newly appointed United Nation Secretary General, and the Governing body of the
United Nations Debt Reconciliation Unit, to investigate the unnecessary delay on your payment, recommended
and approved in your favor. During the course of our investigation, we discovered with dismay that your
payment has been unnecessarily delayed by corrupt officials of the Bank and Government regulatory organs
in Nigeria who are trying to divert your funds into their private accounts.

This is to bring to your notice that we are delegated from the UNITED NATIONS in HSBC To pay 50 victims
from your country who has being Victims of Internet scam .The United Nations has decided to pay you
$2,500,000 USD (Two Million Five Hundred Thousand United State Dollars) each. You are listed and approved
for this payment as one of the scammed victims to be paid this amount, get back to this office as soon as
possible for the immediate payment of your $2,500,000 USD compensation funds. We have been having a
meeting for the past Seven months which ended Three days ago with the former secretary to the UNITED
NATIONS.

This email is to 100 selected people that have been scammed or extorted money from because of your
contract payment execution in any part of the world, the UNITED NATIONS have agreed to compensate them
with the sum of $2.5 MILLON USD This includes every foreign contractors that may have not yet received
their contract sum, and people that have had an unfinished transaction or international businesses that
failed due to Government problems or irregularities etc. We found your email in our list and that is why
we are contacting you, this has been agreed upon and has been signed by the United Nations Board of
Directors and Trustees from the WORLD BANK ASSISTED PROGRAMME.

We sent you series of emails in this regards but you did not respond back to us; However, in the course of
our routine securitization into our Dispatch Alert, we discovered that the document of your fund is intact
and very much available, note that United Nations Board of Director have sign your ATM CARD in the favor
of your name and hand it over to VALENTINE EJIKE Chief Protocol Officer, Dispatch Unit to fill it, you
have to contact PETER ADOLO in charge of your ATM CARD, as he is our UNITED NATIONS representative in
UNITED STATE and AFRICA region, contact him immediately for your ATM CARD VALUE SUM OF $2.5.MILLION USD,
This funds are in a ATM CARD for security purpose. He will send it to you and you can clear it in any ATM
Machine of your choice.

Contact information:

Dr Derek Werch.
Chief Protocol Officer,Dispatch Unit .
Email: (dr_derekwerch19@yahoo.com)

The delivery arrangement has been concluded with the Nigeria UPS courier services, So You are advised to
contact your delivery agent Mr.Peter Adolo, with the delivery fee of $95 and also with your

Reconfirm your
(1) Full name and delivery address:...................
(2) Address, city, state and country:....................
(3) Direct mobile/ phone /fax.:.........................
(4) International passport or Driven license....................
(5) Company name (if any) position and address............................
(6) Profession, age and marital status...................................

This is the only fee you will pay to receive your fund. Here is your delivery agent Name to send the
delivery cost.

Receiver's Name: Peter Adolo
Address: Lagos Nigeria
Test Question: NO MORE
Test Answer: YES
Senders Name......
Amount $95 USD
MTCN.................#

Send the $95 via Western Union or Money Gram Money Transfer and Mail The MTCN NUMBER, the sender's name,
the sender's country and your delivery information to your We expect your urgent attention to this email
to enable us monitor this payment effectively. Most importantly,

Best Regards
Dr Derek Werch.

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