419 scam: UNITED NATIONS COMPENSATION FUND <unfundcomp@gmail.com> YOUR 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:

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:
- "dear beneficiary," (this SPAM email was probably sent to thousands of people)
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.
- accountcentre@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: UNITED NATIONS COMPENSATION FUND <unfundcomp@gmail.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: accountcentre@yahoo.com
Date: Wed, 25 Aug 2010 01:25:32 +0100
Subject: YOUR COMPENSATION

UNITED NATIONS COMPENSATION FUND

Our Ref: U.N/WBO/042SWISS/2010.

Dear Beneficiary,

You may not understand why this mail came to you, we have been having a meeting for the past 7 months which just ended Few days ago with the 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 and its affiliates with the World Bank have agreed to compensate them with the sum of USD 85, 000.00

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. We found your name in the list of those who are to benefit from this compensation exercise that is why we are contacting you. You are advised to contact Mr. Bruno Mako of our paying center in UK

Contact him immediately for your ATM Card of USD$85,000.00 (Eighty Five Thousand United States Dollars) on this email address: accountcentre@yahoo.com

These funds are in form of ATM Card for security purpose so he will send it to you and you can withdraw on any ATM Machine of your choice. Therefore, you should send him your full Name, Telephone number, your correct mailing address where you want him to send the ATM Card to you.

Urgently contact the below man for your compensation fund immediatelyâ€¦.
Person to Contact: Mr. Bruno Mako
Email: accountcentre@yahoo.com

You can view the link so that you can know more about the compensation
http://www.un.org/News/Press/docs/2003/ik344.doc.htm

I apologize on behalf of my organization for any delay you might have encountered in receiving your fund in the past.

We look forward to hear from you once you receive your fund.

Regards,

Under Secretary-General
Islei Hessler

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