419 scam: "UNICRI Director/European Union"<info@un.org> URGENT CHANGE OF YOUR ACCOUNT

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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:

An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
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:
- "waiting for your urgent response" (scammers rush victims so they don't have time to think properly)
- "contact me immediately" (scammers rush victims so they don't have time to think properly)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
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.
- dr.jonathanlucas@europe.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "UNICRI Director/European Union" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <dr.jonathanlucas@europe.com>
Date: Sat, 15 Mar 2014 12:02:48 -0800
Subject: URGENT CHANGE OF YOUR ACCOUNT

Attention: Payment Beneficiary

This is in regards to the European union and United nations bailout program am Dr Jonathan Lucas, the newly appointed Director European Office of Debt Management and Bailout Fund, The chairman of the board and our decision making body, The Executive arms of the Union, has directed me to come down to Brussels to investigate your fund and to make sure that we approve all outstanding debts owed to all foreign beneficiaries by the European union/UN. In the 1st quarter of this fiscal year 2014.

This decision was taken based on the abnormalities of the financial institutions bestowed with the disbursement of this fund to reach all there beneficiaries and it was discovered that directors of bank diverts foreign payment to some personal account of theirs in view of this, during our investigations we found out that an account was submitted to divert your fund to NATIONAL AUSTRALIA BANK ACCOUNT. This is the account submitted and we want you to confirm it today because we are effecting your payment to the account below..

BANK NAME: NATIONAL AUSTRALIA BANK
BANK ADDRESS: ADELAIDE OFFICE, GROUND LEVEL, 22-28 KING WILLIAM ST, ADELAIDE, SA 5000
SWIFT: NATAAU3303M
BSB 085005
ACCOUNT NO: 130425189
ACCOUNT NAME: DAVID LEE ANDREW

Finally be informed that payment instructions has been made and issued to the treasury department of the European Union in favor of you and your company for immediate release of your fund to above account without further prejudice. But we can not approve this fund to your account without you confirming to us that you have made plans and changes to your name and account and your fund to be transferred to NATIONAL AUSTRALIA BANK in AUSTRALIA.
Contact me immediately for further clarifications as to if you have giving instructions to transfer your fund into the aforementioned account and bank. On behalf of the European Union and United nations bailout program we are congratulating you in advance and if you fail to contact this office on or before 48hrs from now then this fund goes to the treasury of European Union.

Thanks for your co-operation.
Waiting for your urgent response

Yours faithfully
NAME: Mr Jonathan Lucas
UNICRI Director/European Union
EMAIL: dr.jonathanlucas@europe.com

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