419 scam: "UNITED NATIONS"<AA1@a-plus.jp> YOUR COMPENSATION

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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:
- "million united states 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)
- "million 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)
- ",000,000" (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)
- "lagos" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
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.
- accessbannkplc@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "UNITED NATIONS" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <uunations@ymail.com>
Date: Wed, 2 Jul 2014 21:59:59 -0700
Subject: YOUR COMPENSATION

COMPENSATION UNIT, IN AFFILIATION WITH THE UNITED NATIONS.

ATTN: Sir/Madam,

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 the Nations based on the Agreement with the World Bank Assistance to help and make the world a better place for all with the sole aim of eradicating poverty, the bodies approved $5 million dollars for each beneficiary which you are one.

We have been having a meeting for the past 2 months which ended 2 days ago with the secretary to the UNITED NATIONS.

This email is to all the people that have been scammed in any part of the world, the UNITED NATIONS have agreed to compensate them with the sum of US$5,000,000 (Five Million United States Dollars) each and this includes every foreign contractors that may have not received their contract sum, and people that have had an unfinished transaction or international businesses that failed due to Government policies etc.

Your name and email was in the list submitted by our Monitoring Team observers and this is why we are contacting you, it has been agreed upon and have been signed. So you are advised to contact Mr. Stanley Chukwu of Access Bank in Lagos, Nigeria, as he is our representative in Nigeria, West-Africa, contact him immediately for your own Compensation payment of US$5000,000. The fund will be released direct to you in accordance with legal clearance and procedures. The fund has been programmed and uploaded in an ATM VISA CARD and will be dispatched directly to your address by Mr. Stanley Chukwu through their accredited courier.

This meeting was first held on the 8th of April 2005. 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 Name/telephone number/your residential address/Gender and Occupation.

Contact Mr. Stanley Chukwu now for your own compensation payment as other beneficiaries have contactd him and received their own comoensation respectively:

Contact Person: Mr.Stanley Chukwu

Email: accessbannkplc@gmail.com

Good luck and kind regards,

Making the world a better place!

Mr. Ban Ki-Moon

Secretary General (UNITED NATIONS).

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