419 scam: "UNITED NATIONS MINISTER"<minister@un.org> A LIFETIME FINANCIAL OPPORTUNITY

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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:
- "from the desk of" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- "trunk box" (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)
- "trunk boxes" (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 pounds" (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 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.
- un.treasury@minister.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "UNITED NATIONS MINISTER" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <un.treasury@minister.com>
Date: Sat, 6 Dec 2014 14:40:22 -0800
Subject: A LIFETIME FINANCIAL OPPORTUNITY

>From the desk of Jeremy Browne MP (UN MINISTER)

Good day to you.
I am Jeremy Browne MP. Minister of State responsible for Overseas Territories, human rights, consular, public diplomacy and the Olympics. Following the uprising in Libya a convoy from our office was sent to Libya to secure our interests, assets and citizens there in Libya. In the course of this mission I had an encounter with a very wealthy merchant (Ahmed Wahid) in the city of Misurata who was seriously wounded from a terrible attack by pro-Gaddafi forces. I learnt from him as well as other witnesses that his entire family was wiped out though he managed to escape with his young son but not after sustaining several injuries. Ahmed Wahid died two days after we met, May his soul and those of his innocent family.

Before Ahmed Walid passed on he confided in me and pleaded with me to take good care of his son with his last wealth he could escape with which was two metallic trunk boxes containing five million pounds (£5000, 000) in each. He begged me to help secure the money in the boxes for his young son who was just 15 years old at that time therefore I made him a promise to do so.

I returned with the UN convoy from Libya and was able to get the young Master Sadeek Wahid into the UK as a refugee, I was also able to secure the two metallic trunk boxes containing five million pounds (£5000, 000) each into the country as his belongings but no one knows the content of the boxes. Right now because of the position I hold in the UN High Commission here in the UK I cannot openly expose myself in any involvement in securing the boxes out of the UN security storage facility because the young Master Sadeek Wahid must have to provide a foreign beneficiary to whom the UN High Commission will only release the two metallic trunk boxes on behalf of the young boy.

I need you now to be the foreign beneficiary of Master Sadeek Wahid who will receive the boxes from the UN High Commission. Immediately the UN High Commission recognizes you as the foreign beneficiary, the two metallic trunk boxes will be immediately delivered to you at your location in your country. On compromise I am willing to let you keep 30% of the money in the boxes if you commit to help in this lucrative transaction and also keep the young boy's percentage in your custody until he is ripe enough to manage his funds. Further arrangements will immediately be made for the processing of the deal as soon as I get a positive, serious and honest answer from you.
Kindly send me the following particulars for us to begin:

1. Full name 2.Contact address and telephone number 3.Occupation 4.Age 5.Any means of identity

Sincerely,

Jeremy Browne MP
Email: un.treasury@minister.com

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