419 scam: "United Nations" <info@un.org> Re: UPDATE

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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:
- "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)
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.
- united.nations.org.un13@hotmail.com (Hotmail; can be used from anywhere worldwide)

Fraud email example:

From: "United Nations" <info@un.org>
Reply-To: united.nations.org.un13@gmail.com
Date: Wed, 18 May 2011 13:35:00 -0400
Subject: Re: UPDATE

UNITED NATIONS COMPENSATION.
From: MR RASIM MOHAMED
SPECIAL INVESTIGATION OFFICER (UN)

Attention: Beneficiary

This is to officially inform you that we have verified your contract /
inheritance file presently on my desk, and I found out that you have not
received your payment due to your lack of co-operation and not fulfilling the
obligations giving to you in respect to your contract / inheritance
payment.Secondly, you are hereby advised to stop dealing with some
non-officials in the bank as this is an illegal act and will have to stop if
you so wish to receive your payment immediately. After the board meeting held
at our headquarters, we have resolved in finding a solution to your problem,
and as you may know, we have arranged your payment through our SWIFT CARD
PAYMENT CENTRE in Europe, America and Asia Pacific, which is the instruction
given by the United Nations.

This card centre will send you an ATM CARD which you will use to withdraw your
money in an ATM MACHINE in any part of the world, but the maximum is
($20,000.00) Twenty Thousand Us Dollars per day. So, if you like to receive
your fund this way, please do let us know by forwarding the below details to
RASIM MOHAMED the CARD PAYMENT CENTRE on this email:
united.nations.org.un13@hotmail.com Click on this link to see for yourself
http://www.un.org/News/Press/docs/2003/ik344.doc.htm

(1) Your Full Name
(2) Address where you want the payment centre to send your ATM CARD.
(3)Phone And Fax Number
(4) Your Total Fund to be received is US$500,000.00

Instead of losing your fund, please indicate to the Card Centre the total sum
you are expecting and for your information you have stop any further
communication with anybody or office. On this regards, do not hesitate to
contact me for more details and direction, and also please do update me with
any new development.
Thanks for your co-operation.

Regards,
From: RASIM MOHAMED
SPECIAL INVESTIGATION OFFICER(UN)

Note: Because of impostors, we hereby issue you with our code of conduct,
which are (4090) so you have to indicate this code when contacting this
CARD CENTRE

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