419 scam: UN Under-Secretary General <unundersectarygeneral@gmail.com> FROM THE DIRECTORATE OF INTERNATIONAL PAYMENT AND TRANSFERS.

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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:
- "million 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)
- ",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)
- "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)
- "united state dollar" (this email uses bad English)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: UN Under-Secretary General <unundersectarygeneral@gmail.com>
Reply-To: mr.wuhongbo@yahoo.com
Date: Tue, 2 Sep 2014 14:38:45 -0700
Subject: FROM THE DIRECTORATE OF INTERNATIONAL PAYMENT AND TRANSFERS.

INTERNATIONAL FUNDS TRANSFER / AUDIT UNIT)
(WORLD BANK ASSISTED PROGRAMME)
DIRECTORATE OF INTERNATIONAL PAYMENT AND TRANSFERS.
870UNITED NATIONS PLAZA20-ANEW YORK NY 10017
WIRE TRANSFER/AUDIT UNIT
Our Ref: WB/NF/UN/XX0211

Attention:

How are you today? Hope all is well with you and your family. You may
not understand the reason why this mail came to you. We have been in a
board meeting for the passed (7) months which ended 2 days ago.

This mail is sent to all the people that have been scammed in every
part of the world, the UNITED NATIONS agreed upon to compensate them
with the sum of US$1,000,000.00 (One Million United State Dollars
Only). 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
problems E.T.C. We found your name and information in our list so know
that is reason why we are contacting you to let you know that the
funds will be releasing to you, this have been agreed upon and have
been signed.

You are advised to reconfirm your personal information once again to
enable me forward it to the PAYING BANK for the immediate release of
your funds to you. Therefore, don't forget to send your full Name and
telephone number/your correct mailing address and also your
international passport.

So quickly forward the listed information so that the paying bank will
start with the release of your funds.

Thanks and God bless you and your family.

Making the world a better place.

Mr. Wu Hongbo,
Under-Secretary-General
NATIONS ORGANIZATION.

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