419 scam: "Mr. Mike Davies" <officefileun334@btinternet.com> UNITED NATION COMPENSATION COMMISSION GRANT(USD$850,000.00) ONLINE TRANSFER

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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:
- "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 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.
- +447024014912 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)
- +2348139590241

Fraud email example:

From: "Mr. Mike Davies" <officefileun334@btinternet.com>
Reply-To: officefileun334@ymail.com
Date: Tue, 27 Apr 2010 12:21:28 +0000 (GMT)
Subject: UNITED NATION COMPENSATION COMMISSION GRANT(USD$850,000.00) ONLINE TRANSFER

UNITED NATION COMPENSATION UNIT, IN AFFILIATION WITH THE IDTT-PLUS FINANCE SECURITY UK/NIG COMPANY. Send copy of email to: operations003@myemail.com

Attn: U.N Beneficiary

How are you today? Hope all is well with you and your 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$850,000.00 (Eight Hundred and Fifty Thousand United States Dollars) This includes every foreign contractors and Inheritance claims that may have not received their Contract/Inheritance 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 have been agreed upon and have been signed.

You are advised to contact Mrs. Florence Iwu of IDTT-PLUS Finance Security UK/NIG Company, as she is our representative in the UK/African region where your payment file is allocated, contact her immediately for the release of your fund through the IDTT-PLUS ONLINE TRANSFER payment method (International Deposit-Online Telegraphic Transfer). When you contact her, a USERNAME and PASSWORD will be provided to you to enable you LOGIN to your account and make withdrawal of the United Nation Compensation amount by yourself.

Therefore, you should send her your full Name and telephone number/your correct contact address, your age, sex and occupation. The United Nation is releasing these funds to foreign beneficiaries through Online Payment for security reasons and to enable you make withdrawal by yourself to avoid fund diversion.

Contact Mrs. Florence Iwu immediately for your Online Account Username and Password:

Mrs. Florence Iwu
Foreign Operations IDTT-PLUS
Finance Security UK/Nigeria Company
Telephone: +234 81 39590241
Tel/fax: +234 1 7732239
E-mail: operations003@myemail.com

For more understanding you can view the entire related article to the compensation through the website below:-

http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-93366305.html

Good luck and kind regards,

Making the world a better place

Mr. Mike Davies
Personal Assistant To
Dr. Ban Ki-Moon
Secretary (UNITED NATIONS).
Private Tel: +447-0240-14912

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