419 scam: "Mr. Matteo Pasquali," <offceo@tim.it> IMMEDIATE PAYMENT NOTIFICATION

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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.
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: "Mr. Matteo Pasquali," <offceo@tim.it>
Reply-To: mr.matteo_p@yahoo.com
Date: Mon, 4 Sep 2017 10:29:03 +0200 (CEST)
Subject: IMMEDIATE PAYMENT NOTIFICATION

UNITED NATIONS
Fraud prevention, detection
and response Unit.
760 United Nations Plaza,
Manhattan, New York City

Attention please,

This is to officially inform you that the Fraud prevention, detection and
response Unit of the United Nations Office on Drug and Crime (UNODC)is aware of
what you've been going through because of your funds that was approved to be
paid to you a long time ago. Due to greed and selfishness among the persons
that handled your transaction from the beginning, it has been almost
impossible for the funds to get to you as the rightful owner. I want to let you
know that nothing has happened to your fund, it is still safe and ready to be
released to you.

My question is this, are you still willing and interested in receiving at least
part payment as for this year 2017? Get back to me with your answer and your
Complete Name, Phone number and Current Address, further procedure will be
communicated to you immediately.

I await your response.

Sincerely

Mr. Matteo Pasquali,
Deputy Representative,
United Nations Office on Drug and Crime

Anti-fraud resources:

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