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"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam

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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.

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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 message is a next of kin scam.
• 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.nationauditing@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Capt. James Williams" <united_nationauditing0@live.com>
Reply-To: <united.nationauditing@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Sat, 17 Nov 2007 03:25:33 +0100
Subject: United Nation New York ATM Payment



UNITED NATIONS (WORLD BANK ASSISTED PROGRAMME)DIRECTORATE OF INTERNATIONALPAYMENT AND TRANSFERS.870 UNITED NATIONS PLAZA 20-ANEW YORK NY 10017WIRE TRANSFER/AUDIT UNITOur Ref: WB/NF/UN/XX027
ATTN: Beneficiary,


IRREVOCABLE RELEASE OF YOUR PAYMENT

We have actually been authorized by the newly appointed UN secretarygeneral, and the governing body of the UNITED NATIONS monetary unit,to investigate the unnecessary delay of your inheritance fund,recommended and approve in your favour.

During the course of our investigation, we discovered with dismay thatyour payment has been unnecessarily Delayed by corrupt officials ofthe Bank who are Trying to divert your money into their privateaccounts, to forestall this, security for your funds Was organized inthe form of your personal Identification number (PIN) ATM CARD thiswill enable only you have direct Control over this fund, we have alsoagreed with the Presidency that we will handle this payment ourselvesto avoid the hopeless situation created by the Officials of the bank.

We obtained an irrevocable payment guarantee on your Payment from thepresidency. we are happy to inform you that based on ourrecommendation/instructions; your Entire Inheritances fund has beencredited in your favor through ATM card. You are therefore advice tosend your contact details to REV VINCENT FISHER International Auditunit, United Nations Liaison Office LondonEMAIL:united.nationauditing@yahoo.co.uk to collect your original payment slip with your ATM card.

They will issue you an ATM card that you can use to withdraw money inany ATM machine in any part of the world, but the maximum is TenThousand dollars per a day.So if you like to receive your fundsthrough this means kindly let us know by contacting the card paymentcenter and also send the following information as stated below to themas directed above.


1.YOUR FULL NAME
2. PHONE AND FAX NUMBER,3. ADDRESS WERE YOU WANT THEM TO SEND THE ATM CARDTO (P.O BOX NOT ACCEPTABLE)4. YOUR AGE AND CURRENT OCCUPATION5. Home Equity {YES OR NO}.

NOTE: YOU ARE ADVICED TO FURNISH REV Fisher WITH YOUR CORRECT CONTACTDETAILS. AND ALSO BE INFORMED THAT THE AMOUNT TO BE PAID NOW IS $10.3MILLION THE REST WILL BE PAID TO YOU IN A LATER DATE.

We expect your urgent response to this email to enable us monitor thispayment effectively thereby making contact with Rev. Rev. Vincent Fisher as directed to avoid further delay.

CONGRATULATIONS.CAPT. JAMES C. WILLIAMSUNITED NATIONS, NEW YORK
_________________________________________________________________
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