419 scam: "Mr. Moon (UN)"<filesforoffice@aol.com> PAYMENT NOTICE.

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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:
- "central bank of nigeria" (the name of a person or institution often appearing in 419 scams)
- "abuja" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
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.
- +2348075171279 (Nigeria, prepaid mobile phone)

Fraud email example:

From: "Mr. Moon (UN)" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <drbankimoon4@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 11 Aug 2010 09:43:27 -0400
Subject: PAYMENT NOTICE.

UNITED NATION COMPENSATION PAYMENT INSTRUCTION, AFFILIATED TO CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA (CBN)

Dear 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 past 7 months which ended 2 days ago with the former 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$250,000.00. This includes every foreign 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.

We also found out that some people didn’t finish their transactions because of bad draft and problems in bank to bank transfers and so for this reason we have a new way of moving your payment to you and surely you will have no problem with that as everyone have been happy and receiving their funds through this new channel.

We found your name in our list and that is why we are contacting you, this has been agreed upon and has been signed.

You are advised to contact Mr. Tunde Lemo of the CBN PRESIDENTIAL DRAFT COMMITTEE FCT - ABUJA, as he is our representative in Nigeria, contact him immediately to direct you on this new and easy way to receive your payment of USD$250,000.00.

Therefore, you should send him your full contact details.

Contact Mr. Tunde Lemo immediately for your Cheque:
Person to Contact: Mr. Tunde Lemo
Email: tunde.lemo@cbnabuja.org
Tel: +234 80 75171279

Thanks and God bless you and your family. Hoping to hear from you as soon as you receive your payment.

Making the world a better place

Regards,

Mr. Banki Moon
Secretary (UNITED NATIONS).

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