419 scam: "2018 UN Compersation Fund"<infor@muse.ocn.ne.jp> Feedback Needed 10-03-2018

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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:
- "million dollars" (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)
- ",000,000" (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)
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.
- managementdirectorbny@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "2018 UN Compersation Fund" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <managementdirectorbny@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 9 Mar 2018 14:53:06 -0800
Subject: Feedback Needed 10-03-2018

From: UNITED NATIONS COMPENSATION FUND
Date: 2018/2/19
Subject:
To:

ATTENTION,

We at the United Nations, we wish to notify you as a beneficiary of
5,000,000.00USD in compensation of scam victims. This is to bring to your
notice that we are delegated from the UNITED NATIONS in BANK OF NEW YORK
to pay 10 victims of scam $5,000,000.00USD (FIVE MILLION DOLLARS) each. Your
E-mail ID were listed and approved for this payment as one of the scammed
victims to be paid this amount. Do contact BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON,
for verification and release of your 5,000,000.00USD that
we have deposited with the BANK OF NEW YORK USA. This transfer will
follow due process bank to bank wire transfer, you are require to obtain
only five original hard copy of vital documents from the office of FRB)
do contact the Managing Director of
the BANK OF NEW YORK with the email address below:

Headquarter New York, USA
Head Office One Wall Street
New York, NY 10286
Contact Name: Robert P. Kelly.
Email: managementdirectorbny@gmail.com

Thanks,
Dr. Mark Terry.

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