419 scam: "UN OFFICE"<jodlowo@orange.pl> UN TREASURY RELEASE

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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:
- "moneygram" (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. )
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
MoneyGram money transfer is completely untraceable and therefore is *not* safe to use with anyone you do not know personally. Along with Western Union it is a 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.
- harry.vans@yahoo.com.sg (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "UN OFFICE" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <harry.vans@yahoo.com.sg>
Date: Sat, 9 Apr 2016 01:33:19 +0100
Subject: UN TREASURY RELEASE

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UN/00987AL/UNPM/UNO/DISPATCH

https://www.un.int

UN TREASURY RELEASE

Hello,

The united nation has created a sponsor and compensation fee to victims of war crime and fraud to help alleviate the pain
and foster national development of afflicted regions. This message is from our official site to you to release the sum of 1M pounds=
1134944.9552 US DOLLARS to you as soon and easy as possible. This may include fees which may be cleared by you as the recipient.
You are advised to contact Harry vans our financial secretary on funds for all your responses and payments, contact email:
harry.vans@yahoo.com.sg be swift with this.

Please provide Harry Vans with your details as follows:

1. Full name as shown on your ID:
2. Contact Home address:
3. Cell phone:
4. Age:
5. Occupation:
6. Country:

Based on this united nation dispatch email number UN/00987AL/UNPM/UNO your bank account has not been created yet for the transfer from our treasury office, to effect this you will send us a one time payment only sum of $1029 US dollars to create your file and records in our data base and your bank account profile from our alliance bank before fund processing will commence.

We shall provide you with your registration number for your record and this will be used to track your fund progress and status in future. Your fund will be ready for transfer into your bank account we created for you from our alliance bank within 24hrs of its creation.

For faster processing send $1029 US dollars to our registration office by providing Harry with this details, Payment methods: money gram: Email: harry.vans@yahoo.com.sg

Charge details include:

Minimum opening deposit: $25
Monthly maintenance fee: $4
average monthly collected balance: $1,000

TOTAL: $1029

Send us the payment with this details bellow:

Receivers name: RALPH EMEKAM

City: PORTO-NOVO

Country: REPUBLIC DU BENIN

Amount: $1029 USD

Question: UN/00987AL

Answer: REGISTRATION

MTCN: ..............(PROVIDE US WITH THE DIGITS CONTROL NUMBER FOR YOUR MONEYGRAM)

Once we receive your response we shall get back to you with your registration number, bank account details and your 1134944.9552 US DOLLARS transfer will commence.
All communication with you is monitored by the united nation advanced security system, we track all communications with you for security reasons. Your fund is important to us as well as your personal details.

UN/00987AL/UNPM/UNO/DISPATCH

https://www.un.int

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