419 scam: "United Nation"<n.united44@yahoo.com.hk> CONTACT OUR REPRESENTATIVE FOR YOUR COMPENSACTION

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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:

An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
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.
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.
- jimoviazenn.un860@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "United Nation" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <jimoviazenn.un860@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 17 Mar 2010 08:53:57 -0000
Subject: CONTACT OUR REPRESENTATIVE FOR YOUR COMPENSACTION

Attention: Beneficiary,

How are you today Hope all is well with you and family We have been having a meetings since early this year as to find possible means of eradicating poverty with the then secretary to the United Nation this email is to all the people that have been scammed in any part of the world, the United Nation have agreed to compensate them with the sum of $450,000 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. Our investigation show's that a lot of people are going through stress and poverty because as a result of scam, that's why we introduced this programmer in conjunction with the World Bank as a means of eradicating poverty.

Your E-mail Address is among those in our list and that is why we are contacting you, these have been agreed upon and have been signed. you are advised to contact Mr. Jim Ovia he is our representative in Nigeria, contact him immediately for your ATM CARD/ he will send it to you and you can withdraw in any ATM MACHINE 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 information's

Name Mr.Jim Ovia

jimoviazenn.un860@gmail.com

Thanks and God bless you and your family .Hoping to hear from you as soon as you receive your ATM CARD. Making the world a better place

Regards,

Secretary-General, Ban Ki-Moon
http://www.un.org/sg/
Making The World Better Place .

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