419 scam: "Angela Pulgarin" <angelapulgarin@tone.udea.edu.co> WORLD DEVELOPING ASSISTED PROGRAMME

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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:
- "dear sir/madam" (a standard Nigerian greeting phrase)
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.
- +447045723320 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)

Fraud email example:

From: (sent from abused email account)
Reply-To: donationdept.un@msn.com
Date: Wed, 17 Aug 2011 16:32:38 -0400
Subject: WORLD DEVELOPING ASSISTED PROGRAMME

UNITED NATIONS ASSOCIATION.
(WORLD DEVELOPING ASSISTED PROGRAMME)
DIRECTORATE OF INTERNATIONAL AWARD PAYMENTS AND TRANSFERS.
UNITED NATIONS LIASION OFFICE UNITED KINGDOM.
Our Ref: TC/NN/UK/XX028
Dear Sir/Madam,

This is to inform you that you have been choosen in our annual humanitarian
empowerment intiative 2011 and the sum of (Ten Million Great British Pounds
Sterling has been awarded to you) Until today, we have helped many lives in
developing countries, around the world, E.g. Vietnam, India, Ghana, South
Africa, Malaysia, Indonesia, Nigeria, Egypt ,Japan.(For more details visit
our website http://www.un.org/sg/ )

(1) Remittance Code (*KC11215#)
(2) Full Name:
(3) Telephone Number:
(4) Age:
(5) Occupation:
(6) Present Country:
(7) Adddress:
(8) Sex:

We sincerely thank you in advance for your good co-operation.

Best Regards,
Eric George(Personal Assistant)
To:Secretary-General
UNITED NATIONS
Tel:+447045723320

La informacion contenida en este e-mail y sus anexos puede ser confidencial y/o reservada, y solo puede ser utilizada por la persona o la entidad a la cual esta dirigido. Si no es usted el destinatario autorizado, cualquier retencion, difusion, distribucion o copia de este mensaje esta prohibida y sancionada por la ley. Si por error recibe este mensaje, le ofrecemos disculpas y le agradecemos reenviar y borrar el mensaje recibido y sus anexos inmediatamente. Las opiniones expresadas en este mensaje son responsabilidad exclusiva de quien las emite, ellas no comprometen la responsabilidad institucional por el uso que el destinatario haga de los mismos.

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