419 scam: OFFICE OF THE UN <hille@viimsi.edu.ee> Good day

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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:
- ",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)
- "sfcaffairs@secretary.net" (this email address has been used in a known scam)
This email message is a fake lottery scam. Consider the following facts about real lotteries:
1. They don't notify winners by email.
2. You can't win without first buying a lottery ticket.
3. They don't randomly select email addresses to award prizes to.
4. They don't use free email accounts (Yahoo, Hotmail, etc) to communicate with you.
5. They don't tell you to call a mobile phone number.
6. They don't tell you to keep your winnings secret.
7. They will never ask a winner to pay any fees to receive a prize!
This email lists mobile phone numbers. Use of such numbers is typical for scams because they allow criminals to conceal their true location. They can receive calls in an Internet cafe from where they send you emails, while pretending to be in some office.
- +448726141158 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)
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.
- sfcaffair@hotmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: (sent from abused email account)
Reply-To: sfcaffair@hotmail.com
Date: Thu, 30 Mar 2017 02:51:33 +0300 (EEST)
Subject: Good day

Good day,

United Nation in conjunction with the British parliament hereby inform you of the 2017 Financial Empowerment Program(F.E.P) audited by IMF in accordance with the "Act of decree 675 of the National Act as adopted in 1996 and amended on July 13, 2011 by Parliament"To Eradicate Poverty and Boost Global Economy Worldwide. Your e-mail address was randomly selected through UN Intelligent Monitoring Unit(I.M.U) and new internship Java.

In regards to that, Two Million, Five Hundred Thousand British Pounds (Â£2,500,000 GBP) has been tagged and donated to you with Payment reference number (UN/003/019/UK).

Furthermore, you are required to contact the British Secretary for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs{Rt Hon Boris Johnson MP} with your bio data to enable him process your donated funds to you.(1)Full names: (2)Address: (3)Country: (4)Nationality: (5)Phone #: (6)Age:(7)Occupation: (8)Reference number: (9)A scan copy of your ID or any mode of identification.
Clearly state the Means of receiving your donated funds from the listed:(A) Bank Transfer. (B) ATM Card
..............................................................
Rt Hon Boris Johnson MP{Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs(FCO)
Email: sfcaffair@hotmail.com : sfcaffairs@secretary.net
Tel: (+44) 872 614 1158
..............................................................
NB: Ensure to touch the life of the people around you with the funds,as know that the aim of the F.E.P is to eradicate poverty worldwide; and do Keep your FEP information confidential until your donated funds is finally transferred to you to avoid incessant mix up, double entrance transfer and unwarranted abuse of this FEP program.

Kind Regards,
United Nation Online Coordinator.
MS. Lynn Rice

CC:United Nations Secretary-General
Mr. Ban Ki-moon

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