419 scam: "FROM THE OFFICE OF MR. WILSON STEWART. United Nations Funds Investigation Unit UNITED NATIONS" <contractagency89@gmail.com> YOUR COMPENSATION FUNDS PAYMENT ORDER OF US$2.5M

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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:
- "hundred thousand 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)
- ",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)
- "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)
- "united state dollar" (this email uses bad English)
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.
- nationsu137@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
- 400 washington d.c., dc 20006-1500, united states email: nationsu137@gmail.com dear email owner/fund beneficiary, your compensation funds (Gmail; can be used from anywhere worldwide)

Fraud email example:

From: "FROM THE OFFICE OF MR. WILSON STEWART. United Nations Funds Investigation Unit UNITED NATIONS" <contractagency89@gmail.com>
Reply-To: nationsu137@gmail.com
Date: Thu, 26 May 2022 12:59:13 +0100
Subject: YOUR COMPENSATION FUNDS PAYMENT ORDER OF US$2.5M

FROM THE OFFICE OF MR. WILSON STEWART.
United Nations Funds Investigation Unit
UNITED NATIONS ORGANIZATION
1775 K ST NW # 400
WASHINGTON D.C., DC 20006-1500, UNITED STATES
EMAIL: nationsu137@gmail.com

Dear Email Owner/Fund Beneficiary,

YOUR COMPENSATION FUNDS PAYMENT ORDER OF US$2.5M

This is to inform you that, we have been working towards the
eradication of fraudsters and scam Artists in Africa with the help of
the Organization of African Unity (OAU), the International Monetary
Fund (IMF) and FBI Authority We have been able to track down so many
of this scam artist in various parts of African countries and Europe,
which includes (Nigeria,United Kingdom, Spain, Ghana,Cameroon and
Senegal) and they are all in Government custody now, they will appear
at International Criminal Court (ICC) Hague (Netherlands) soon for
Criminal/Fraud Justice. During the course of our investigation, we
have been able to recover so much money from these scam artists.

The United Anti-Crime Commission and the International Monetary Fund
(IMF) have ordered that the money recovered from the Scammers to be
shared among 100 Lucky people around the World for compensation. This
Email/Letter is been directed to you because your email address and
country name (South Africa) was found in one of the scammer Artists
file and computer hard-disk while the investigation, maybe you have
been scammed. You are therefore being compensated with the sum of
US$2,500,000.00 (Two Million Five Hundred Thousand United State
Dollars).We have arranged your payment to be paid to you direct to
your bank account in your country.

To receive the above fund, you are therefore advised to contact
Mr.John Bolton the Chief of the Compensation Unit so that he will
direct you to any of our approved paying Bank that will transfer the
fund to your Bank Account and we are going to advised the Bank Agent
to open a private email address with a new number as to enable us to
monitor this payment and the transfer communications to avoid further
delay or misdirection of your fund.

Mr. John Bolton
Chief of the compensation Unit
Email: johnbolton222@rediffmail.com

Please do contact him now and forward the below details to him:

1. Your Full Name:
2. Your Age:
3. Occupation:
4. Your Direct Telephone/Mobile Number:
5, International Passport/ID Card
6, Your Bank Details

Yours in Service.

MR. WILSON STEWART.
United Nations Funds Investigation Unit

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