419 scam: "SECRETARY GENERAL"<info.compensation@un.org> IRREVOCABLE INSTRUCTION OF PAYMENT

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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:
- "united state dollar" (this email uses bad English)
- "drchris.amadi@outlook.com" (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.
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.
- +2347019743704 (Nigeria, prepaid mobile phone)

Fraud email example:

From: "SECRETARY GENERAL" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <compensationunit.unitednations@hotmail.com>
Date: Wed, 7 May 2014 02:48:07 -0700
Subject: IRREVOCABLE INSTRUCTION OF PAYMENT

Dear Beneficiary

How are you today? Hope all is well with you and family? You may not understand why this email came to you. We have been having a meeting for the past 7 months which ended 2 days ago with the former UN Secretary General, Mr. Koffi Anan, who hails from Ghana in West Africa.

This email is to all the people that have lost their hard earned money all in a bid to get their Contract/Inheritance Fund. Based on this, the UNITED NATIONS have agreed to compensate them with the sum of US$950,000 (Nine Hundred and Fifty Thousand United State Dollars Only).

We found your email in our database and that is why we are contacting you.

You are advised as a matter of urgency to contact Dr. Chris Amadi of the First City Monument Bank Plc (FCMB) on Email: drchris.amadi@outlook.com or Cell Phone: +2347019743704, +2349093859617.

He is our representative in Nigeria, hence you have to contact him immediately for your payment of US$950,000 (Nine Hundred and Fifty Thousand United State Dollars Only).

This process have been mandated for only 7 banking days. Kindly forward the following to him without further delay:

Full Names:
Address:
Cell Phone Number:

Do accept our unreserved apologies over your unpaid Contract/Inheritance Fund and the inconveniences this may have caused you and your family.

To avoid SCAM, make sure you ask him to quote the SECURITY CODE OF YOUR PAYMENT: UN/COMPENSATION/950-2014. If he does not quote this SECURITY CODE, then you are not talking to the right person. Then get back to me, because Dr. Chris Amadi already has your SECURITY CODE.

Respectfully,

Mr. Ban Ki-Moon
www.un.org/en

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