419 scam: "Ms. Fatoumata Ndiaye"<integrityvpresident@netvigator.com> Re: EMAIL FROM THE UNITED NATIONS

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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:
- "clearance fee" (this will cost you money - be careful with upfront payments to anyone you only know through email, especially if they promise you a lot of money. NEVER send money by Western Union or MoneyGram to people you do not know personally - NO EXCEPTIONS! Instant wire transfer services are not meant to be used with strangers because they offer no protection against fraud. That is precisely why the criminals want you send money that way. )
- ",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)
- "dear beneficiary," (this SPAM email was probably sent to thousands of people)
- "economic and 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. )
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: "Ms. Fatoumata Ndiaye" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <integrityvpresident@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 13 Apr 2023 04:42:25 -0700
Subject: Re: EMAIL FROM THE UNITED NATIONS

UNITED NATIONS OFFICE OF INTERNATIONAL OVERSIGHT SERVICES
Internal Audit, Monitoring, Consulting, and Investigations Division

From Ms. Fatoumata Ndiaye

Dear Beneficiary,

This is to inform you that my colleagues and I came to Nigeria on Tuesday from the USA after a series of complaints against the Federal Government of Nigeria and the British Government for the rate of scam activities going on in these two nations by the FBI and other security agencies from Asia, Europe, Oceania, Antarctica, South America, and the United States of America, respectively. For more information about me, kindly click the link below or copy and paste it into your web browser.

https://www.un.org/sg/en/content/profiles/fatoumata-ndiaye-0

Immediately on arrival, I went straight to President Mohammed Buhari of Nigeria and later met with some top Nigerian bank officials regarding the issue I came in to settle, but they all claimed that they have been trying their best to ensure that you and the other scam victims confirm your funds in your possession before the end of this month since the official handover to the newly elected government is May 29, 2023.

However, as directed by our Secretary General, Mr. António Guterres, we are working in collaboration with the Nigerian Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC) and have decided to waive away all your clearance fees and charges and authorize the Government of Nigeria to effect the payment of your compensation amount of US$10,500,000.00, jointly approved by both the World Bank and the UN, into your account without any delay. The only fee you will pay to confirm your funds in your account is your notarization fee to the UN.

Please note that this notarization fee is a UN legal fee that supersedes and covers every legal document that will be requested from you by any authority or your bank for clearance of your funds into your account once your transfer has been made. We have a very limited time to complete our job and return back to our base. If you are not willing to comply with our directives, do not reply to this message, but if you are, kindly get back to us with your banking details as stated below:

Full Names:.........................
Country:...........................
Direct Number:.....................
Bank Name:.........................
Bank Address:....................
Bank Acct......................
Routing Number:...............
Swift Code:........................

Sincerely, you are a lucky person because we have just discovered that some top Nigerian government officials are interested in your funds, and they are working in collaboration with one Mr. Corey Shuster from the USA to frustrate you and thereafter divert your funds into their already set up account in Mexico.

We await your urgent positive response to this message so that you can have your funds confirmed in your account within the next 72 hours.

Respectfully,

Ms. Fatoumata Ndiaye
United Nations Under-Secretary-
General for Internal Oversight.

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