419 scam: "UN/WORLDBANK" <worldbankpayoff@gmail.com> 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:
- ",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)
- "00,000.00" (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)
- "diplomatic courier" ("diplomats" who perform deliveries of cash or other valuables to you only exist in 419 scams)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: "UN/WORLDBANK" <worldbankpayoff@gmail.com>
Reply-To: refundcommitee@foxmail.com
Date: Fri, 15 May 2015 23:59:50 +0100
Subject: UNITED NATION

BENEFICIARY,

This is to bring to your notice that I am delegated from the United
Nations to pay 150,000 scam victims $3,500,000.00
(THREE MILLION FIVE HUNDRED UNITED STATE DOLLAR) each. You are listed
and approved for this payment as one of the scammed victims to be paid
this amount, get back to me as soon as possible for the immediate
payments of your $3,500,000.00 compensations funds.

On this faithful recommendations, we want you to know that during the
last U.N. meetings held at New York, USA, it was alarmed so much by
the world in the meetings on the lose of funds by various individuals
to the scams artists operating in syndicates all over the world
today.In other to compensate victims, the United Nations (U.N)
Body have set up a committee to paying 150,000 victims
of this operators $3,500,000.00 each in accordance with the U.N. and
World Bank W.B recommendations.

Your particulars was mentioned by one of the Syndicates who was
arrested 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 as the U.S. security service is already on trace
of the other criminals. You are thereby advised to contact the committee
chairman in the person of MARTIN SAJDIK soon as possible.

You will receive your compensations payments
cash through ATM PAYMENTS SYSTEM (or) DIPLOMATIC COURIER SHIPMENT CASH
to your home. So when we cross examine into our computer diskette
analysis data bank we discovered that you have not been paid, for this
reason your name has been short listed among other beneficiaries and
contractors whose fund has been over due for payment to them, who will
benefit for deduction payment policy newly introduced as compensations
by the World Bank W.B and United Nations U.N.

If you can adhere to OUR/my instructions as directives to YOU this
fund will be confirmed to you within the next five (5) working days
surely. We urge your maximum co-operation as we are obliged to serve
you better and to restore back lost hope to you, thanks.You will be
detailed with the modalities as you contact us for details.

Yours faithfully,

MR MARTIN SAJDIK
U.N SECURITY COUNCIL PRESIDENT AND
THE CHAIRMAN OF THE COMMITTEE.

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