419 scam: BAN KI MOON <joe@chyun.com.tw> YOUR REF: WB/FUND/UN/XX028 UNITED NATIONS.

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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:
- "hundred thousand united state dollars" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
- ",500,000" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
- "united state of america" (this email uses bad English)
- "united state dollar" (this email uses bad English)
- "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.

Fraud email example:

From: BAN KI MOON <joe@chyun.com.tw>
Reply-To: <markbless@att.net>
Date: Wed, 26 Mar 2014 07:18:27 -0700
Subject: YOUR REF: WB/FUND/UN/XX028 UNITED NATIONS.

WORLD BANK ASSISTED PROGRAMME
DIRECTORATE OF INTERNATIONAL
PAYMENT AND TRANSFERS.
DEBT RECONCILIATION/AUDIT UNIT
United Nations Headquarters,
New York, NY 10017, USA
YOUR REF: WB/NF/UN/XX028 UNITED NATIONS.

OUR REF:UN/WR/011.4XXVX/100
YOUR REF;CBN/WBA/345-BS/2014

Greetings Beneficiary

We were authorized by the appointed United Nation Secretary General (BAN KI MOON), and the Governing body of the United Nations Debt Reconciliation Unit, to investigate the unnecessary delay on your payment, recommended and approved in your favor. During the course of our investigation, we discovered with dismay that your payment has been unnecessarily delayed by corrupt officials of the Bank and Government regulatory organs in Nigeria, Ghana, South Afirca and Republic of Benin who are trying to divert your funds into their private accounts.

This is to bring to your notice that we are delegated from the UNITED NATIONS in UNITED BANK FOR AFRICA PLC. to pay 50 Scams victims from your country this March 2014,Our invesgation team has notice that you have being a Victims of Internet scam and your Name and email has been seleted amoung the 50 people .The United Nations has decided to pay you $10,500,000 USD (Ten Million Five Hundred Thousand United State Dollars) each of the Internet Scam victim. You are listed and approved for this payment as one of the scammed victims to be paid this amount, get back to this office as soon as possible for the immediate payment of your $10,500,000 USD compensation funds for this March 2014. We have been having a meeting for the past Seven months which ended Three days ago with the former secretary to the UNITED NATIONS.

This email is to 50 selected people in your Country that have been scammed or extorted money from because of your contract payment execution in any part of the world, the UNITED NATIONS have agreed to compensate them with the sum of $10.5 MILLON USD This includes every foreign contractors that may have not yet received their contract sum, and people that have had an unfinished transaction or international businesses that failed due to Government problems or irregularities etc. We found your Name and email in our list and that is why we are contacting you, this has been agreed upon and has been signed by the United Nations Board of Directors and Trustees from the WORLD BANK ASSISTED PROGRAMME.

Note that United Nations Board of Director have sign your BANK DRAFT in the favor of your name and hand it over to REV. MARK BLESS Chief Protocol Officer, Dispatch Unit to arrange the delivery process, you have to contact REV. MARK BLESS in charge of your BANK DRAFT, as he is our UNITED NATIONS representative in UNITED STATE and AFRICA region, contact him immediately for your CHEQUE $10.5.MILLION USD, This funds are in a BANK DRAFT for your security purpose but you can also chose how you want your fund to be deliver to you as soon as you contact him REV. MARK BLESS

Contact information:

REV. MARK BLESS
Chief Protocol Officer, Dispatch Unit.
Email: ( markbless@att.net )
Direct Telephone line: (+1 516-348-6203)
Text Message Only: (+1 315-889-6367)

As soon as you establish a contact with him, ensure that you provide your present address as below to the contact in other for the Officer to effect the change and Re-direct the parcel to your home address.

FULL NAME:
ADDRESS:
PHONE NUMBER:

He will be expecting your email and urgent attention to this email to enable us monitor this payment effectively. Most importantly you shall be requested to pay the sum of $110(Only) by REV. MARK BLESS as the Delivery fee of your BANK DRAFT. Once you contact the Office, please request the delivery option from him in other to avoid further delay.

Sincerely yours,

Yours Faithfully,
Secretary-General
BAN KI MOON
UNITED STATE OF AMERICA
http://www.un.org/sg

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