419 scam: "Eurosweet, s. r. o" <ludka@eurosweet.sk> Payment Rectification

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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:
- "clearance fee" (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. )
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.
- hbewild100bi@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Eurosweet, s. r. o" <ludka@eurosweet.sk>
Reply-To: hbewild100bi@gmail.com
Date: Fri, 03 Jul 2015 10:53:30 +0200
Subject: Payment Rectification

UNITED NATION OFFICE OF INTERNATIONAL OVERSIGHT SERVICES
Internal Audit, Monitoring,Consulting and Investigations Division

From: Ms. Carman L. Lapointe
Head Of United Nation Under-Secretary-
General For Internal Oversight Services

To: Unpaid Beneficiary

This
is to inform you that I came to Indonesia yesterday from Canada, after
series of complaint from the FBI and other Security agencies from Asia,
Europe, South America and the United States of America respectively,
against the Government of Malaysia, Nigeria and the British Government
for the high volume of fraudulent activities that is going on in these
two nations. For more information about me kindly click on the below
link or copy and paste on your web
browser.(http://www.un.org/Depts/oios/pages/usg.html)

Right
now, as directed by UN secretary General by name, Ban Ki-Moon we are
working in collaborations with the Indonesian Financial Crime Commission
and other Legal agencies and we have decided to waive away all your
clearance fees/Charges and authorized the Government of Indonesia to
effect your overdue payment worth $15.5 million only into your account
without any delay as approved and instructed by CANADIAN government and
UNITED NATION. But the only fee you will pay to receive your fund is the
Notarization fee. Upon your request, I will tell you the amount and
also send you the payment information you will use in sending the
Notarization fee.

Sincerely, you are a lucky person because I
have just discovered that some top Malaysian, Indonesian and Canadian
Government Officials are interested in your fund and they are working in
collaboration with One Mr. Richard Wilson from USA to frustrate you and
thereafter divert your fund into their personal account.

Note
that I have a very limited time to stay here in Indonesian, so I would
like you to urgently respond to this message with your full name, full
address, direct cell/phone number so that I can advise you on how best
to confirm your fund in your account within the next 72 hours. Once
again, the only fee you will pay to receive your fund is the
Notarization fee. Upon your request, I will tell you the amount and also
send you the payment information you will use in sending the
Notarization fee. send email on my private address: hbewild100bi@gmail.com

Sincerely yours,

Ms.Carman L.Lapointe
Head Of United Nations Under-Secretary-
General For Internal Oversight Services

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