419 scam: "Mr. Ban Ki Moon Secretary (UNITED NATIONS)."<unitednations@yahoo.com> SCAMMED VICTIM/ US$2,850,000.00 BENEFICIARY.REF/PAYMENTS CODE:06654

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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:
- "dear beneficiary," (this SPAM email was probably sent to thousands of people)
- "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. )
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.
- patrickubahs@yahoo.es (Yahoo, Spain; can be used from anywhere worldwide)

Fraud email example:

From: "Mr. Ban Ki Moon Secretary (UNITED NATIONS)." (may be fake)
Reply-To: <patrickubahs@yahoo.es>
Date: Sat, 10 Jan 1998 22:34:07 -0800
Subject: SCAMMED VICTIM/ US$2,850,000.00 BENEFICIARY.REF/PAYMENTS CODE:06654

SCAMMED VICTIM/ US$2,850,000.00 BENEFICIARY.REF/PAYMENTS CODE:06654

Oceanic Bank International PLC COMPENSATION UNIT, IN AFFILIATION WITH THE UNITED NATIONS. (Send acopy of your response to official) email:
patrickubahs@yahoo.es

Dear Beneficiary,

How are you today? Hope all is well with you and family?,You may not understand why this mail came to you.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 US$2,850,000.00(Two Million, Eight Hundred and Fifty Thousand United States Dollars)This includes every foriegn 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 has been agreed upon and have been signed.

You are advised to contact Mr. Patrick Uba of Oceanic Bank International PLC ,as he is our representative in Nigeria, contact him immediately for your ATM CARD of USD$2,850,000.00 (Two Million,Eight Hundred and Fifty Thousand United States Dollars) These funds are in a ATM CARD for security purposes ok? so he will send it to you and you can clear it in any bank of your choice.

Therefore, you should send him your full Name and telephone number/your correct mailing address where you want him to send the ATM CARD to you.

Person to Contact Dr.Patrick Uba

Email: patrickubahs@yahoo.es

Goodluck and kind regards,

Mr. Ban Ki Moon
Secretary (UNITED NATIONS).
Making the world a better place.

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