419 scam: "un@officer.com" <itpolm@gmail.com> Re : GOOD NEWS BANK ACCEPTS PAMENT BY INSTALLMENT.

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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:
- "inheritance funds" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- "certified bank draft" (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.

Fraud email example:

From: "un@officer.com" <itpolm@gmail.com>
Reply-To: servicessss@superposta.com
Date: Fri, 27 Apr 2012 10:25:30 +0100 (BST)
Subject: Re : GOOD NEWS BANK ACCEPTS PAMENT BY INSTALLMENT.

Attention: Beneficiary,

Having understood your unstable financial situation, we in United Nations begged the Bank to accept payment by installment on your behalf, to enable our beneficiaries receive their payment that we may reconcile with all countries of the world. We understood your plight as someone who has suffered a lot to get this fund into your private account.

Write the Bank and request that you want your inheritance funds to be transferred to your account by installments, so that once the first payments enters into your account you can then use money from the transferred funds to facilitate the transfer of the rest, once the first installments enters into your account that will equally give you another opportunity to do a test-transfer and withdrawal from your account from master Access Bank Online transfer procedures.

Suggestions:

If 50% of $600 is equal to = $300

By calculations: if $600 can handle US$10M

$300 can also comfortably transfer the sum of US$5M

Once the US$5M is successfully transfer, you can withdraw money from there to handle the transfer of the rest US$5M.

NOTE: Write the Bank to tell them how much you have in hands so that the Bank calculate to tell how much you may receive as first payments-by installments, Do not be shy to indicate the amount you have in hands (no proper-amount is so small to trigger installments-payment base on our discussion with the Bank) so that the first payment will move via ATM CARD or International Certified Bank Draft to your location or account for you to confirm the existence of the funds before your proceed for the balance.

Congratulations!

MRS. BETTY WRIGHT.
PERSONAL ASSIST TO MR. BAN KI-MOON
(UN) SECRETARY GENERAL.

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