419 scam: "Sandra, Ndlvara"<no-reply@un.org> October 26th, 2009: Your Refund Payment Notification.

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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:
- "million united states dollars" (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)
- "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. )
- "ptprb@aqualityspace.com" (this email address has been used in a known scam)
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.
- +447011135898 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)

Fraud email example:

From: "Sandra, Ndlvara" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <uncc@aqualityspace.com>
Date: Mon, 26 Oct 2009 18:01:57 +0100
Subject: October 26th, 2009: Your Refund Payment Notification.

United Nations Organization.
Head Quarter: UN Plaza, First Avenue,
46TH Street, New York, NY, 10017,
U.S.A.

Ref: UNCC/SNT/CITIB-GB

Attention To:
Beneficiary,

We wish to inform you of the on-going approval of the compensation payment of Two Hundred and Sixty Five Million United States Dollars by this commission. The United Nation Compensation Commission (UNCC) was created in 1991 as a subsidiary organ of the UN Security Council. Its mandate is to retrieve lost funds through various law agents and also to process claims and pay compensation for losses and damages suffered as a direct result of Internet Fraud. This amount has been approved for payment through the World Bank's corresponding banks. The sum of Eight Hundred and sixty Thousand United States Dollars would be paid to each individual concerned. This includes foreign contractors that may have not received their contract sum, and those that have had unfinished transactions or international businesses that failed due to Governmental troubles etc. Your name and email was in the list submitted by our Monitoring Team of Economic and Financial Crime Commission observers and the I!
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The British Prime Minister in conjunction with U.S.A Government, World Bank and United Nations Organization hereby give this irrevocable approval order with Release Code: GNC/3480/02/00 in your favour for this payment to be wired into your nominated receiving bank account. And your new Payment references are as follow; United Nations Approval No: UN5685P, White House Approved No: WH44CV, World Bank Released Code No: 0763; Immediate Citibank Telex confirmation No: 1114433; Secret Code No: XXTN013. Haven received these vital payment release codes, you are qualified to receive and confirm your payment from the United Nations within the next 72hrs.

Henceforth, you are required to contact and communicate only with the assigned official in charge Mr.Michael J. Brennan, UN Financial Services Representative, Global Agency and Trust Services division of Citibank International Plc, Great Britain, with the help of the monitoring team of Citibank - New York, USA, which is our official remitting bank. For proceeds, please fax or email aforementioned official on contact information below in order to collect your original payment slip with your pin and transfer access code or tracking number of your check delivery or an authorized pre-loaded World Bank InterSwitch Card and security PIN. Hence, the Committee on Foreign Payment Matters in United Nations Organization has look up to make sure that you receive this approved sum only.

Lastly, Endeavour to include your contact Code in future e-mail or fax correspondence with the official.

Contact Code "UNCC-1019"
Contact Person: Michael James Brennan.
Position: UN Financial Services Representative,
Global Agency and Trust Services division of "Citibank Int'l Plc" Great
Britain.
Direct Tel: +44 701 1135898
Fax: +44 207 6917065
Email: ptprb@aqualityspace.com

Thank you,

Sandra Ndlvara.
Secretary.
United Nations, New York.

NB: Future correspondence should be forwarded to the above person. Please do not reply to this letter United Nations does not communicate directly
with individuals but Governmental Bodies. This payment approval has been certified by this commission as a global debt relief.

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