419 scam: Greg Richardson <victorkikachukwuonyemaechi@gmail.com> CONGRATULATION

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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:
- "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)
- "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)
- "certified bank draft" (Beware of any scheme that involves cashing checks or money orders and then wiring a portion of the funds somewhere - you'll be liable for the entire amount if the checks or money orders turn out to be fake, even after you have received and forwarded cash. If it's a lottery prize, remember that real lotteries do not pay large prizes by check. They wire the money directly to your bank account and you do not pay for that. Many scammers promise a large check only in order to then demand payment of courier fees for a fake courier service. )
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: Greg Richardson <victorkikachukwuonyemaechi@gmail.com>
Reply-To: gregrichardson07@outlook.com
Date: Thu, 28 Jul 2022 05:35:53 -0700
Subject: CONGRATULATION

INTERNATIONAL FUNDS TRANSFER / AUDIT UNIT)
UNITED NATIONS (WORLD BANK ASSISTED PROGRAM)
DIRECTORATE OF INTERNATIONAL PAYMENT AND TRANSFERS.
870 UNITED NATIONS PLAZA 20-ANEW YORK NY 10017

WIRE TRANSFER / AUDIT
UNIT Our Ref: WB / NF / UN / XX027

Dear Email Owner/Fund Beneficiary,

IRREVOCABLE SCAM VICTIM COMPENSATION FUND PAYMENT RELEASE

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.

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 Nations 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 for scam victim and covid
19. 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$2, 500,000.00 (US$)
(Two Million Five Hundred Thousand United State Dollars).

We have arranged your payment to be paid to you through our accredited
offshore paying were the payment approved valued sum has been fixed in
an escrow account. To receive the above fund, you are therefore
advised to forward your contact details as follows; FULL NAME;
ADDRESS; CELL PHONE #; SCAN IDENTITY OF YOURS. We shall upon our
receipt of this information endorse/sign all related approval
documents, authenticate them legitimately and gazette them in our
compensation payment database to empower the United States Reserve
Bank Private Bank Agent who will transfer the fund to your bank
account from Reserve Bank to process the payment transfer through your
chosen payment options

1. INTERNATIONAL CERTIFIED BANK DRAFT.
2. ACTIVATED ATM PREPAID CARD
3. ONLINE ELECTRONIC WIRE TRANSFER.

We have advised that you should open a private email address as to
enable us to monitor this payment and the transfer communications to
avoid further delay or misdirection of your fund. Kindly submit your
information to HUMAN RESOURCES OFFICER, 'MARTHA HELENA LOPEZ" (ASG)
P3 United Nations New York, NY, USA

Yours in Service.

'MARTHA HELENA LOPEZ"
Secretary-General HUMAN RESOURCES OFFICER

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