419 scam: "UNITED NATIONS ORGANIZATION 1775 K ST NW # 400 WASHINGTON D.C., DC 20006-1500, UNITED STATES" <febianozoji@gmail.com> WAITING TO HEAR FROM YOU IMMEDIATELY TODAY

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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.
- johnbolton222@rediffmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "UNITED NATIONS ORGANIZATION 1775 K ST NW # 400 WASHINGTON D.C., DC 20006-1500, UNITED STATES" <febianozoji@gmail.com>
Reply-To: johnbolton222@rediffmail.com
Date: Thu, 1 Sep 2022 12:59:28 +0100
Subject: WAITING TO HEAR FROM YOU IMMEDIATELY TODAY

UNITED NATIONS ORGANIZATION
1775 K ST NW # 400
WASHINGTON D.C., DC 20006-1500, UNITED STATES
Email: johnbolton222@rediffmail.com

Dear Email Owner/Fund Beneficiary,

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. 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 (Nether lands) 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 1000 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 any of our approved paying Bank we are
going to gives you that will transfer this fund to your Bank Account
and We will advised the Bank Agent to open an Online Bank Account on
your name and credit your funds to you so that you will be able to
transfer your Funds to any of Bank of your choice in your country to
avoid further delay or misdirection of your fund.

Kindly contact this Office now and forward the below details

1. Your Full Name:
2. Your Age:
3. Occupation:
4. Cell/Mobile Number and your Whats App Number for easy
communications with you.

Yours in Service.

MR. JOHN BOLTON
United Nations Funds Investigation Unit.

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