419 scam: "Mr. Williams Bailley" <tmg@vsnl.net> From The Office Of united Nations Director

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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 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)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: "Mr. Williams Bailley" <tmg@vsnl.net>
Reply-To: "Mr. Williams Bailley" <williams.baillebs@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 26 Nov 2014 19:07:22 +0900 (JST)
Subject: From The Office Of united Nations Director

>From The Office Of united Nations Director
Telegram Service

RE: CHANGE OF ACCOUNT PARTICULARS ON YOUR BENEFICIARY FILE.

I
hereby send to you the information submitted by Mrs. Diane Thill with
an application to receive the payment of $28.Twenty eight million United
States Dollars on your behalf. Please as a matter of urgency, you are
required to verify the following information and inform us if you are
aware or know anything about this.

1. Did you instruct one Mrs. Diane Thill whose information's is below, to claim and receive the payment on your behalf?

2.Did
you sign any "Deed of Assignment" in her favor thereby making her the
current beneficiary with the following account details: Account Name:
Diane Thill, A/C #USD114-1025567-8, Bank Name:The Sovereign Bank, Swift
Code: SCBL 11K111.Finally, you are hereby advised to indicate to this
Honorable office with immediate effect, if you are the person that
instructed Mrs. Diane Thill to come forward for the claim of these
funds you are hereby to send to this office your full information so
that we the entire members of this bank will verify and to check Mrs.
Diane Thill own file which she sent to us,so that we can know the real
owner of this said amount.

1. Your Full Name
2. Your Contact Address
3. Your Telephone/Fax Number
4. Your Professional/Religion
5. Your Age And Current Occupation
6. Attach Copy of Your Identification

We
are very much aware that you are still in contact with some other
office(s) and we hope you are fully ready to stop every communication
with any other office(s) in order to enable us help you receive this
fund.We wait to hear from you as soon as possible.If you know you are
ready to
comply fully with every directives of the bank in order to
complete this,then you are kindly advised not to respond as this not a
joke.

Mr. Williams Bailey
Director of Foreign Operations

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