419 scam: "United Nations monetary unit"<manager_20161@outlook.com> We anticipate your quick response!

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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.
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "million united state 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)
- "fund beneficiary" (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)
- "we advice you" (this email uses bad English)
- "united state dollar" (this email uses bad English)
- "economic financial crime commission" (This name is often mentioned in money recovery scams (re-scam): the real EFCC does not contact victims to offer to get their money back because that is near impossible. )
- "(efcc)" (This name is often mentioned in money recovery scams (re-scam): the real EFCC does not contact victims to offer to get their money back because that is near impossible. )
- "central bank of nigeria" (the name of a person or institution often appearing in 419 scams)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: "United Nations monetary unit" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <united2000cancil@outlook.com>
Date: Fri, 12 Jul 2019 21:16:27 -0700
Subject: We anticipate your quick response!

(World Bank Representative West Africa)
PAYING BANKERS (REGISTERED CLAIM NR: UNCCORG/849-IMF)

SWIFT CREDIT CARD PAYMENT SYSTEM

Attn: Email Address Owner,

With respect to the provision of Section No:17 of decree 114 of the 1999 constitution, We wish to notify you as a beneficiary in compensation of US$ 16,000,000.00 (Sixteen Million United State Dollars). we the authorized governing body of the Financial Intelligence Unit together with Economic Financial Crime Commission (EFCC) has been authorized to investigate the unnecessary delay on your payment, recommended and approved in your favour by United Nations Security Council.

After extensive close door meeting with Board of Directors and other stake holders in the Government, subcommittees of the House of Assembly and the House of Representative, Federal Republic of Nigeria. We came across your name as unpaid fund beneficiary in the record of the Central Bank of Nigeria through our intelligence monitoring network to verify and scrutinize all outstanding debts owed to foreign beneficiaries in accordance to the information received from the United States government Donald Trump.

The United Nations Compensation Commission(UNCC) was created in 1991 as a subsidiary organ of the United Nations Security Council under Security Council resolution 687 (1991) to process claims and pay compensation for losses and damages suffered as a direct result of Iraq’s unlawful invasion and occupation of Kuwait in 1990-91. Their first meeting was held on the 8th of April 2003.

Hitherto, the United Nations Compensation Commission have received all the overdue outstanding payments owed to the following: firms, contractors, inheritance, next-
of-kin, super hurricane Sandy and lottery beneficiaries that originated from Africa, Europe, Americas, Asia including the Middle East. Your payment has been approved
to be credited in your favour strictly by tag Name reads SWIFT CREDIT CARD. This method of payment is designed by the Government to avert fraud perpetration or
stoppage of fund by some agencies either through Anti Terrorist Certificate or other certificates.

We advice you to stop all the communications with everyone regarding your payment as we have short listed to deliver to you and now urge you to comply and receive your SWIFT CREDIT CARD.Thanks for your understanding as you follow instructions while I wait to hear from you today.

We anticipate your quick response!

Yours Faithfully in Service,
Mr. Miller McLean FCIBS.
Director of Financial Intelligence Unit.

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