419 scam: "Ban Ki Moon"<moonkib@att.net> Your Payment Info

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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.
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)
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.
- cw806547@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Ban Ki Moon" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <unmoon@blumail.org>
Date: Sat, 6 Aug 2011 19:07:51 -0700
Subject: Your Payment Info

Attention Beneficiary ,

How are you today?

Hope all is well with you and family?,You may not understand why this

mail came to you. In regards to the recent meeting between the United

Nations and the Present United States Government to restore the

dignity and Economy of the Nations.Base on the Agreement with the

World Bank Assistance to help and make the world a better place for

all with the sole aim of abolishing poverty.

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$

2,000.000.00 (Two Million United States Dollars) 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.

You are advised to contact Mr. Charles Kofi Williams Head of

Remittance Department International Commercial Bank (ICB)

Email:(cw806547@gmail.com) as he is our representative in

African Branch, contact him immediately for your fund of US$ 2,

000.000.00 (Two Million United States Dollars) This meeting was first

held on the 8th

of April 2003. You can view this page for your

perusal:http://www.un.org/News/Press/docs/2003/ik344.doc.htm

However, you shall required to re-confirm the following details to her

as specified below to effect the wire transfer aforementioned above to

your designated account details:

{1} Your Full Name and Address.:

{2}. Your Confidential Tel, Cell and Fax.:

{3). Your Bank name and address.:

{4). Your A/c Name and A/c Numbers.:

(5). Your Swift Code / Routing Numbers.

Please do provide the above information accurately, because this

office cannot afford to be held liable for any wrong transfer of funds

or liability of funds credited into a ghost account.

Goodluck and kind regards,

Making the world a better place

Mr. Mr. Ban Ki-Moon Secretary

(UNITED NATIONS).

http://www.un.org/sg/

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