419 scam: "Rev.ChukwuEze" <info@unitednations.org> UNITED NATIONS SCAM VICTIM COMPENSATION UNIT.

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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.
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.
- +2348082289643 (Nigeria, prepaid mobile phone)
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.
- rev.chukwueze@gmail.com (Gmail/GoogleMail; can be used from anywhere worldwide)

Fraud email example:

From: "Rev.ChukwuEze" <info@unitednations.org>
Reply-To: rev.chukwueze@gmail.com
Date: Fri, 9 Dec 2011 18:46:16 +0800 (HKT)
Subject: UNITED NATIONS SCAM VICTIM COMPENSATION UNIT.

UNITED NATIONS SCAM VICTIM COMPENSATION UNIT.

Attention:Sir/Madam

How are you today? Hope all is well with you and your family? You may not
understand why this mail came to you.Well,every events has record and this is
the reason this mail has come to you.

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$ 850,000.00.
You must have lost more or less than this amount,but considering the
number of people involved,this is the set standard.Please bear with us.

Victims include every foreign contractors that may have not received their
contract sum, people that have had an unfinished transaction or international
businesses that failed due to change in Government policies,people involved in
check, bank draft, credit card and similar scams and had lost their
hard earned funds in the past. We found your name in our list and this
is reason we are contacting you.Our investigation showed that you truly lost
money to scam in the past and your name had been approved as one of the
beneficiaries.

You are advised to contact Rev.Chukwu Eze , a financial consultant,contact him
immediately for the delivery of your approved International ATM CASH CARD of
USD=$850,000:00= (Eight hundred and Fifty thousand United States Dollars
only).These funds are loaded in ATM CASH CARD for security purpose.
He will send it to you and you can withdraw money out of it from any ATM CASH
machine of your choice in the world.Please follow his instruction diligently.

Please note, if you had changed your legal name, send to him your
new name with official proof. Also reconfirm to him your Mailing
address to receive the ATM.The contact details of Rev.Chukwu Eze are
given below:

Contact Person: Rev.Chukwu Eze
rev.chukwueze@gmail.com
TELEPHONE:+234-808-228-9643

Kindly accept our congratulations for this compensation/apology for humiliation
you may had suffered in the past as a result of this ugly experience

Hoping to hear from you as soon as you receive your ATM.
UNITED NATIONS- Making the world a better place!

Best Regards,
Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon.
http://www.un.org/sg/

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