419 scam: "BAN KI MOON"<info@admin.net> ATTENTION:BENEFICIARY

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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:
- "u.k " (this email uses bad English)
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.
- +447035926276 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)

Fraud email example:

From: "BAN KI MOON" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <faxziz2020@yahoo.com.ph>
Date: Sun, 18 Mar 2012 23:26:51 -0600
Subject: ATTENTION:BENEFICIARY

United Nations Organization.
3 Whitehall Court, London SW1A 2EL
United Kingdom

Attention Beneficiary,

How are you today? Hope all is well with you and family.You may not understand
why this mail came to you. We have been having a meeting for the past 3 months
which ended yesterday with the 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 has agreed to compensate them with the sum of U.S $250,000.00 each and you
have to indicate how much you lost in the hands of scammers.

This includes every foreign contractors, Inheritance,Dating and Lottery payment
that have not received their Lottery/Inheritance payment, and people that have
had an unfinished transaction or international Lottery payment that failed due
to Government problems etc. We found your name in our list and that is why we
are contacting you, this has been agreed upon and has been signed.

You are advised to contact Mr Greg Anderson who is in charge of your payment
through our payment centre in the U.K as he is our representative in Europe.
Contact him immediately for more information on how to get your compensation of
U.S $250,000.00 payment from the United Nations.

Therefore, you should furnish him with the following pieces of information:

1.Your full names
2.Direct telephone number
3.Mailing address

Person to Contact: Mr. Greg Anderson
United Nations Payment Centre U.K.
Tel :+44 703 592 6276

Yours faithfully,
Ban Ki Moon.

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