419 scam: "James K. Arthur" <jamesk.arthur44@gmail.com> Compensation

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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)
- "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.

Fraud email example:

From: "James K. Arthur" <jamesk.arthur44@gmail.com>
Reply-To: un.nations127@gmail.com
Date: Fri, 24 Mar 2023 05:48:54 -0700
Subject: Compensation

COMPENSATION FUNDS/ UNCC- UNITED NATIONS COMPENSATION COMMISSION
Address: 760 United Nations
New York, NY 10017, USA.

Congratulations!! TRF : Payment of ($2.500,000.00)

This is to inform you that the World Bank [WB]/United Nations [UN] is
compensating all the scammed victims the total sum of USD$ Two Million
Five Hundred Thousand United State Dollars ($2.500,000.00 USD). Meanwhile
this Compensation department has been mandated by the World Bank and the
United Nations to transfer your compensation funds to you through Online
Transfer Payment or into Automated Teller Machine (ATM) Visa Card Packaged
by the UNCC for security reasons, which is 100% Guarantee for payment to
you as one of the victims.
Furthermore We advise you to stop any further communication with any other
person(s) or office (s) concerning any transaction that you might have lost
your hard earned money to avoid losing more money to other group of
scammers who are on the FBI wanted list and are still on the run and for
this reason we want to warn you not to communicate or duplicate this
message to anyone for any reason whatsoever as the United States Secret
Service are already on the trace for the other criminals.
The present payment brings the overall amount of compensation made
available to date by the
United Nations Compensation Commission to $19,194,391,854.87.
Urgent cooperation in order to receive your payment.

Yours Sincerely.
Mr. Petteri Taalas
UNITED NATIONS FUNDS COMPENSATION

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