419 scam: "UNITED NATIONS"<info@unitednation.com> eco Bank Compensation Unit

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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 states 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)
- "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. )
- "courier company" (Courier companies mentioned in 419 scams are always fake. They will have you send money to them, but won't deliver anything. )
- "cotonou" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: "UNITED NATIONS" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <johnsim01@mcom.com>
Date: Sun, 12 Sep 2010 07:50:23 +0700
Subject: eco Bank Compensation Unit

Eco Bank Compensation Unit,
Maro Militaire Boulevard
St Michel face Fedas Building Plot 433, YAYI BONI
Crescent Asokoro District Cotonou Benin republic
P.O. Box 280, Cotonou.
In affiliation with the United Nations
Send a copy of your response to official

Contact person Mr. John Smith
Email: johnsim01@mcom.com
Director Eco Bank Nigeria plc

ATTN: Sir / Madam,

How are you today, Hope all is well with you and family? You may not understand why this mail came to you. In regards to the recent meeting between the United Nations and the Present United States Government to restore the dignity and Economy of the Nations Base on the Agreement with the World Bank Assistance to help and make the world a better place for all with the sole aim of abolishing poverty.

We have been having a meeting for the passed 7 months which ended 2 days ago with the then secretary to the UNITED NATIONS.

This email is to all the people that have been scammed in any part of the world, the UNITED NATIONS have agreed to compensate them with the sum of $1.500.000.00 {One Million Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars} This includes every foreign contractors that may have not received their contract sum, and people that have had an unfinished transaction or international businesses that failed due to Government problems etc.

Your name and email was in the list submitted by our Monitoring Team of Economic and Financial Crime Commission observers and this is why we are contacting you, this have been agreed upon and have been signed.

You are advised to contact Mr. John Smith of Eco BANK NIGERIA PLC, as he is our representative in Nigeria, contact him immediately for your ATM master card of {$1.5Million} This funds are in a ATM Master Card for security purpose ok? So he will send it to you through Courier Company of your choice.

This meeting was first held on the 8th of April 2003. You can view this page for your perusal:

http://www.un.org/News/Press/docs/2003/ik344.doc.htm

Therefore, you should send him your full Name and telephone number/your correct mailing address where you want him to send your ATM Master Card immediately:

Contact person Mr. John Smith
Email: johnsim01@mcom.com
Director Eco Bank Nigeria plc

Good luck and kind regards,
Making the world a better place

Mr. Ban Ki-Moon
Secretary (UNITED NATIONS)
http://www.un.org/sg/

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