419 scam: "UNDP Claims Center"<undpalert@google.com> Claim Your Payment

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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:
- "united state dollar" (this email uses bad English)
- "dear beneficiary," (this SPAM email was probably sent to thousands of people)
- "courier company" (Courier companies mentioned in 419 scams are always fake. They will have you send money to them, but won't deliver anything. )
- "cheque " (Beware of any scheme that involves cashing checks or money orders and then wiring a portion of the funds somewhere - you'll be liable for the entire amount if the checks or money orders turn out to be fake, even after you have received and forwarded cash. If it's a lottery prize, remember that real lotteries do not pay large prizes by check. They wire the money directly to your bank account and you do not pay for that. Many scammers promise a large check only in order to then demand payment of courier fees for a fake courier service. )
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.
- +22998785245 (Benin, probably a prepaid mobile phone)

Fraud email example:

From: "UNDP Claims Center" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <undpclaimscenter@mail.kz>
Date: Thu, 26 Jan 2012 16:17:36 -0800
Subject: Claim Your Payment

Office of the Director of Operations
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
Our Ref: UNDP/SNT/RAL
Your Ref: GUK/ATM/2012

Dear Beneficiary,
This is to officially inform you that it has come to our attention and we have thoroughly investigated with the help of our Intelligence Monitoring Network System that you have not received your payment is because you have not fulfilled your Financial Obligation given to you in respect of your Award/ Contract/ Inheritance Payment.

Therefore, we have contacted the Federal Ministry of Finance on your behalf and they have brought a solution to your problem by coordinating your payment in total $750,000.00 (Seven Hundred and Fifty Thousand United State Dollars) through our swift payment system, which is the latest instruction by this new government. A cheque of $750,000.00 will be issued in your name which you can cash in any bank worldwide.

Note: Your funds have been insured by the Nicon Insurance Corperation (NIC) and no deductions of any kind can be made on your funds. This is in accordance with section 13(1) (n) of the National Act as adopted in 1993 and amended on 3rd July 1996 by the constitutional assembly. This is to protect beneficiaries and to avoid misappropriation of funds.

Kindly provide the details below for claims;

(1)Full names:
(2)Address:
(3)Post Code:
(4)Country:
(5)Phone #:
(6)Age:
(7)Occupation:

All information to be sent to:
Office of the Director of Operations
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
Contact Person: Dr. Ibrahim Khalid
Email to contact: undpclaimscenter@mail.kz
Phone: +229 987 852 45

We believe in your right to privacy. Your information is 100% secure and protected and will be used exclusively for the purpose of this promotion only.

Note: Because of impostors, we hereby issued you our code of conduct, which is (0462) so you have to indicate this code when contacting the office.

We have concluded delivery arrangement with a Courier company. The delivery charges for the immediate delivery of your cheque have been paid and you are only required to pay for the procurement of your Approval Slip for the shipment of your package to your door step since you are presently not in the dispatch country and also note that your Approval Slip contains details of your transaction Airway Bill in other to make sure that you do not encounter any further hitches.

Regards,

Kemal Dervis
For: United Nations Development Programme.

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