419 scam: "CAPT. STEVEN REEVES"<adcc2@live.co.uk> For your Perusal

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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.
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
This email lists mobile phone numbers. Use of such numbers is typical for scams because they allow criminals to conceal their true location. They can receive calls in an Internet cafe from where they send you emails, while pretending to be in some office.
- +447024099795 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)

Fraud email example:

From: "CAPT. STEVEN REEVES" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <jamescaldwell3@live.co.uk>
Date: Thu, 11 Jun 2009 05:32:24 -0700
Subject: For your Perusal

UNITED NATIONS
(INTERNATIONAL FUNDS TRANSFER / AUDIT UNIT)
(WORLD BANK ASSISTED PROGRAMME)
DIRECTORATE OF INTERNATIONAL PAYMENT AND TRANSFERS.

Our Ref: WB/NF/UN/XX008

ATTN: BENEFICIARY,

IRREVOCABLE RELEASE OF YOUR PAYMENT.

An authorization was sent to the United Nations International Audit unit,
United Nations Liaison Office United Kingdom, to investigate the unnecessary delay of your payment, Recommend, Approve and make your payment. During the course of their investigation, it was discovered with dismay that your inheritance payment has been unnecessarily Delayed by corrupt Officials of the previous paying Bank who are Trying to divert your Fund into their private accounts, to forestall this, security measure has been mapped out to ensure the safety of your inheritance.

Your payment mode has therefore been organized in form of your personal Identification number (P.I.N) and your transfer access code (T.A.C), this will enable only you have direct Control over this fund, we have also agreed with the United Nations Liaison Office United Kingdom to handle this payment themselves to avoid the hopeless situation created by the Officials who where previously meant to transfer your fund, an irrevocable payment guarantee has also been issued on your Payment.
We are happy to inform you that based on our recommendation/instructions; your Entire Beneficiaries fund has been credited in your favor through the Office of His Excellency Mr. Ban Ki-moon Secretary-General of the United Nations, 1 United Nations Plaza New York, New York 10017-3515.
You are therefore advised to make contact with the below information to collect your original payment slip with your pin and transfer access code:

Patrick O'Donnell
International Audit unit,
United Nations Liaison Office
United Kingdom
Address: United Nations House, 124 Low Street Sunderland
Sunderland, SR1 2BU London UK
Tel: +44-702-409-9795, +44-702-401-0980,
Fax: +44-700-580-3434
E-mail: jamescaldwell4@live.co.uk

As soon as you submit these codes and your payment slip to your bank they will credit your account without delay. NOTE: REMEMBER TO ORIVIDE MR. PATRICK O’DONNELL A NUMBER YOU CAN BE REACHED ON.

Mr. Patrick O’Donnell Expects your urgent response to this email to enable us monitor this payment effectively.

CONGRATULATIONS.

YOURS TRULY,
CAPT. STEVEN REEVES,
UNITED NATIONS, NEW YORK.

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