419 scam: "Richard G. Lugar"<richardglugar@torontomail.com> UN SECURITY COUNCIL PAYMENT RELEASE

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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 fake company names, fake addresses, non-existent institutions/documents or other details have appeared in scams before:
- "uk national lottery" (can only win this lottery if you bought a ticket)
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "headquater" (this email uses bad English)
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.
- senrichardglugar@aol.com (AOL; can be used from anywhere worldwide)

Fraud email example:

From: "Richard G. Lugar" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <richardglugar@aol.com>
Date: Fri, 19 Feb 2010 06:06:05 -0800
Subject: UN SECURITY COUNCIL PAYMENT RELEASE

UNITED NATIONS SECURTIY COUNCIL
UN HEADQUATERS: NEW YORK CITY, USA
TELEGRAMS: UNSC, NETWORK FASCIMILE
FAX/TEL: + 1 716 810 3754.

UN SECURITY COUNCIL PAYMENT RELEASE

REF: UNSC/002/10
SIR,

THIS EMAIL IS TO NOTIFY YOU ABOUT THE RELEASE OF YOUR OUTSTANDING PART PAYMENT OF $4.7 MILLION. THE UNITED NATIONS SCHEDULED A TIME FRAME TO SETTLE ALL FOREIGN DEBTS WHICH INCLUDES CONTRACT/INHERITANCE/GAMBLING/LOTTERY (SPONSORED BY MICROSOFT AND UK NATIONAL LOTTERY) AND OTHER INTERNATIONAL LOANS. NEWS HAD IT THAT OVER THE PAST, NUMEROUS INDIVIDUAL(S) WHO HAPPEN TO BE IMPOSTORS (CLAIMING TO BE INDIVIDUALS, BANKS AND ORGANIZATIONS) ARE CLAIMING TO RELEASE NUMEROUS SUMS OF FUND VIA NUMEROUS WAYS.

WE THE UNITED NATIONS SECURITY COUNCIL HAVE MADE IT MANDATORY TO CLEAR EVERY DEBT OWNED TO FOREIGN CONTRACTORS/FUND INHERITANCE WHICH HAVE BEEN DELAYED FOR A LONG TIME NOW BE RELEASED AND TRANSFERED TO THEIR ORIGINAL OWNERS OF THIS FUND WITH IMMEDIATE EFFECT, THROUGH THE UNITED NATIONS FUNDS ASSISTED PROGRAM RESERVED ACCOUNT WITH HALIFAX BANK UNITED KINGDOM, UNDER THE SUPERVISION OF THE UN SECURITY COUNCIL AND THE WORLD BANK DELIGATES.

HENCEFORTH YOU SHOULD CHANNEL ALL CORRESPONDENCE CONCERNING THE RELEASE OF YOUR PAYMENT DIRECTLY TO THE (HALIFAX BANK UNITED KINGDOM UNDER THE SUPERVISION OF MR. BROWN ANDERSON ON THE BELOW INFORMATION.

Tel: 00 44 703 5999879
Fax: 00 44 2071830479
Email: remittancedept@halifaxbank-online.net

DUE TO THE PAST CORRUPT OFFICERS HANDLING YOUR PAYMENT WE HAVE DISCOVERED THAT YOUR FILE HAS BEEN MISHANDLED BY THESE CROOKS/SCAMMERS, YOU ARE WARNED TO DESIST FROM ANY CONTACT WITH THESE CROOKS. THIS IS THE REASON WE HAVE DECIDED THAT YOU SHOULD BE PAID THROUGH OUR CORRESPONDING BANK HALIFAX BANK UNITED KINGDOM.

FOR THE INTEREST OF YOUR PERSON/YOUR FIRM YOU ARE HEREBY ADIVISED TO CONTACT MR. BROWN ANDERSON WHO HAS BEEN ASSIGNED BY THE UNITED NATION AND THE COUNTRY OF THE ORIGIN OF YOUR FUNDS TO MAKE ALL PAYMENT TO THE BONAFIDE BENEFICIARIES WHO ARE VICTIMS OF CIRCUMSTANCES FOR FURTHER DIRECTIVES AND ALSO FORWARD YOUR CORRECT BANKING DETAILS/OUTSTANDING FUNDS CLAIMED DETAILES INFORMATION INCLUDING YOUR TELEPHONE AND FAX NUMBER TO HIM DIRECTLY ON HIS EMAIL TO AVOID ANY WRONG TRANSFER.

YOU ARE EXPECTED TO CALL MR. BROWN ANDERSON FOR FURTHER CREDITING OF YOUR FUND TO YOUR ACCOUNT. WITHIN 24 HOURS. Email: remittancedept@halifaxbank-online.net

CONGRATULATIONS.

BEST WISHES,

AMB. RICHARD G. LUGAR
CHAIRMAN UN FOREIGN RELATION COMMITTEE
UN SECURITY COUNCIL
EMAIL: senrichardglugar@aol.com

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