419 scam: "United Nations"<mrrichmondowen@gmail.com> SCAM VICTIM COMPENSATION NOTICE..

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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:
- "economic and financial crime commission" (This name is often mentioned in money recovery scams (re-scam): the real EFCC does not contact victims to offer to get their money back because that is near impossible. )
- "(efcc)" (This name is often mentioned in money recovery scams (re-scam): the real EFCC does not contact victims to offer to get their money back because that is near impossible. )
- "courier service" (Courier companies mentioned in 419 scams are always fake. They will have you send money to them, but won't deliver anything. )
- "zenithbnkkplc@e-mail.ua" (this email address has been used in a known scam)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: "United Nations" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <zenithbnkkplc@e-mail.ua>
Date: Sun, 24 Feb 2013 14:55:04 -0000
Subject: SCAM VICTIM COMPENSATION NOTICE..

Greeting,

How are you today?Hope all is well with you and family? You may not understand why this mail came to you.

In regards to the recent meeting between the United Nations and the Present United States Government to restore the dignity and Economy of Nations; based on the agreement with the World Bank Assistance to help make the world a better place for all with the sole aim of abolishing poverty. We have been having series of meetings for the past 4 months which ended 2 working days ago with the immediate past secretary to the UNITED NATIONS.

This email is to all the people that have been scammed in any part of the world through any form, the UNITED NATIONS have agreed to compensate them with the sum of US$250,000.00 (Two Hundred and Fifty Thousand United States Dollars Only) each which will be paid to you through ATM VISA CARD. These include every foreign contractor that may not have received the contract sum, and people that have had an unfinished transaction or international businesses that failed due to Government problems etc and or any form of scam.

Your name and email was in the list submitted by our Monitoring Team of Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC) observers and the Crime Watch Department (CWD) in conjunction with the FBI (Federal Bureau Investigation). This is why we are contacting you. This has been agreed upon and have been signed.The ATM VISA CARD Value is USD$250,000.00 Only. You are advised that a maximum withdrawal value of USD$4,500 is permitted on daily redrawal.

We are duly inter-switched and you can make withdrawal in any ATM MACHINE location in any center of your choice nearest to you any where in the world. They (ZENITH BANK PLC) have also concluded delivery arrangement with the accredited courier service Company to oversee the delivery of your ATM Visa Card to you without any further delay.

You are advised to contact Mr. Neil Hitchens office Director ATM SWIFT CARD Department as he/their bank (ZENITH BANK PLC) being our representatives for the payment of your USD$250,000.00 (Two Hundred and Fifty Thousand United States Dollars Only).Contact him immediately for your ATM VISA CARD of USD$250,000,00. and he will send it to you through the available courier service for immediate delivery.

This meeting was first held on the 8th of April 2003. You can view this page for your perusal: http://www.un.org/News/Press/docs/2003/ik344.doc.htm

Therefore you should send him your Full Names, Telephone number, Age, Marital Status, Occupation and Delivery Address where you want him to send the your ATM VISA CARD.

Contact Mr.Neil Hitchens immediately for your ATM VISA CARD.

Person to Contact: Mr. Neil Hitchens
Email: zenithbnkkplc@e-mail.ua
Kind regards,

Mr. Ban Ki-Moon
Secretary (UNITED NATIONS).
Making the world a better place
http://www.biblepicturegallery.com/Pictures/Symbols/United%20Nations%20logo%20ca.htm
http://www.un.org/sg

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