419 Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam (2006-01)

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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:
- "00,000.00" (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)
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.
- +2348163702649
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.
- mrrandyredmond@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: UNITED NATIONS <supply@pharmalog.bg>
Reply-To: ban.ki-moon@admin.in.th
Date: Sun, 27 Apr 2014 12:01:53 +0000
Subject: RE: UNITED NATIONS COMPENSATION PROJECT, IN AFFILIATION WITH WORLD
BANK

RE: UNITED NATIONS COMPENSATION PROJECT, IN AFFILIATION WITH WORLD BANK

ATTENTION: ,

You may not Understand why this mail came to you. A joint meeting was
held by the United Nation top officials with the Senate Committee on
Foreign Debts Reconciliation and Implementation Panel on
Beneficiary/Inheritance fund under category concerning all the scam
victims worldwide, which was addressed and headed by the two bodies.
It became imperative to contact you on the subject matter.

This email is to all the people that have been scammed or extorted
money from due to advance fee fraud, the UNITED NATIONS and the World
Bank have agreed to compensate each and everyone of you, with the sum
of US$500,000.00. This includes every foreign contractors/Next of kin
and people that have had an unfinished transaction or International
businesses that failed due to Government problems or irregularities.

In the meeting it was concluded that all potential Compensation
beneficiary fund should be credited into an ATM DEBIT CARD, which they
can use to withdraw the fund in any AUTOMATED TELLER MACHINE (ATM)
nearest to them in their Country respectively, with a sole charge of
US $150.00 dollars for the passing of the Bill by the United Nations
Board of trustees and by the Nigerian Senate House of Assembly and
also for the delivery of their ATM card to their house address
respectively.

It become paramount to contact you on the subject matter for you to be
careful from the kind of email you attend to now and onward, because
if you misses this opportunity, i will not attend to your issues
again. Do what's right. Don't sit around and wait for someone else to
do the right thing first.

Your name is in our list and that is why we are contacting you, it has
been agreed upon and have been signed by the United Nations Board of
Directors and The World Bank Trustees. You have to contact Mr Randy
Redmond he is our payment agent, as he is our UNITED NATIONS
representative in AFRICA, contact him immediately for your
compensation payment through Automatic Teller Machine (ATM) Card.

Send him your correct mailing addresses where you want him to send the
DEBIT CARD to you and your telephone number and tell him your file
Reference Number below (RE-1077_V).

Contact Mr Randy Redmond
Email: mrrandyredmond@gmail.com
Phone: +2348163702649

Hoping to hear from you as soon as you received your compensation
payment. You are free to email me, if you have any question.

Regards,

Sec.Mr. Ban Ki-moon
United Nation UK

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