419 scam: "British Government, World Bank/ United Nations Organization"<customercare.websitecomms@websitecomms.com> !! YOUR PAYMENT IS READY !!

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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)
- "remmittance department" (Banks mentioned in 419 scams are always fake (real banks don't communicate using mobile phones or free webmail addresses))
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.
- +2348022044038 (Nigeria, prepaid mobile phone)

Fraud email example:

From: "British Government, World Bank/ United Nations Organization" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <oriakucollinss@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 29 Oct 2011 18:04:31 +0300
Subject: !! YOUR PAYMENT IS READY !!

British Government, World Bank/ United Nations Organization
United Nations Secretariat New York, NY 10017

YOUR COMPENSATION PAYMENT VALUED US$850,000.00

Dear Sir/Madam,

The British Prime Minister in conjunction with GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED STATES, WORLD BANK, UNITED NATIONS ORGANIZATION,

EUROPEAN UNION do hereby give this irrevocable approval order with Release Code: GNC/3480/0112/11 in your favor for a

compensation payment valued at US$850,000.00.

This payment was awarded to you and other beneficiaries to compensate you in your past struggle and efforts to claim your

inheritance/Contract/lottery payments that has proven abortive.

This includes all foreign contractors who did not successfully received their Inheritance/Contract payment in the past and

individuals who had unfinished transaction which failed due to problems that arised because of dubious officials and

government problems e.t.c.

As a matter of fact, the team from the INTERNATIONAL MONETORY FUND (IMF) NEW YORK and UNION BANK OF SWITZERLAND/Deutsche

Bank which is our official remitting reserve bank took it upon themselves this time to investigate and monitor all payments

going out to their various beneficiaries to ensure that this time they receive their funds without any hitch or delay.

Your new allocated payment code is as follow: United Nations Approval No; UN5685P, White House Approved No: WH44CV, Reference

No.-35460021, Allocation No: 674632 , Compensation No:339331.

Having received these vital code above, You are qualified and entitled to received your payment, so you are hereby advised to

forward to our representative paying bank in Africa for immediate remittance of your payment to you via issuance of an ATM

Visa Card which will be credited with payment and dispatched to your designated address within 72hrs.

You are to contact: MR. MICHAEL BENARD, DIRECTOR INTERNATIONAL REMMITTANCE DEPARTMENT Deutsche Bank on his contact

information below:

Contact Person: MR. Collins Oriaku

E-MAIL: info@dbnkonline.com

PHONE: +234-8022044038

You are also required to send bellow information to MR. MICHAEL BENARD to facilitate the processing and delivery of your

payment to your address in less than 72hrs.

Information you are to forward to the above person for the processing of your ATM Card.

1) YOUR FULL NAME:
2) FULL ADDRESS OF YOUR CITY, STATE AND COUNTRY:
3) PHONE, FAX AND MOBILE:
4) COMPANY NAME, POSITION AND ADDRESS:
5) PROFESSION, AGE AND MARITAL STATUS:
6) A COPY OF YOUR INT'L PASSPORT/DRIVERS LICENSE:

Note: Your personal code of conduct with the Zenith Bank Plc is: (DBPLC 702), you are to include this code while contacting

them, so they will know that we directed you to contact them in regards to your payment claims.

We look forward to hearing from you once you successfully received your funds.

Regards,

SIR RICHARD GILBERT.
CHAIRMAN COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN CONTRACT/AWARD WINING PAYMENT UNITED NATIONS AND EUROPEAN UNION.

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