419 scam: "UNITED NATIONS"<unitednationhqs@yandex.com> Your ATM MasterCard Is Ready

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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:
- "hundred thousand 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)
- ",500,000" (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 of america" (this email uses bad English)
- "united state dollar" (this email uses bad English)
- "dear beneficiary," (this SPAM email was probably sent to thousands of people)
This email message is a fake lottery scam. Consider the following facts about real lotteries:
1. They don't notify winners by email.
2. You can't win without first buying a lottery ticket.
3. They don't randomly select email addresses to award prizes to.
4. They don't use free email accounts (Yahoo, Hotmail, etc) to communicate with you.
5. They don't tell you to call a mobile phone number.
6. They don't tell you to keep your winnings secret.
7. They will never ask a winner to pay any fees to receive a prize!
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.
- +2347037247108 (Nigeria, prepaid mobile phone)
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.
- rev.fr.paultochukwu@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "UNITED NATIONS" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <unitedsnationhq@yandex.com>
Date: Tue, 5 Jan 2016 18:48:40 -0600
Subject: Your ATM MasterCard Is Ready

World Bank Assisted Program
Directorate Of International
Payment And Transfer.
Debt Reconciliation/Audit Unit
United Nations Headquarters,
New York, NY 10017, U.S.A.

Our Ref: WB/NF/UN/XX015 United Nations.

Dear Beneficiary,

Congratulations. This email is to officially confirm to you that your E-mail address is one of the lucky winners of 2015 United Nations compensation payment draws held in UN office in Africa Region on 12/11/2015 which your email address was among the lucky winners of United Nations Human Settlements Programming which was created in 1991 as a subsidiary organ of the UN Security Council. It's mandate is to process claims and pay compensation to scam victims, unfinished transaction, losses and damages suffered by beneficiaries of any kind all around the world, With all information submitted to the UN Compensation Board. You are among the lucky beneficiaries to receive compensation benefit of US$5,500,000.00 (Five Million Five Hundred Thousand United State Dollar Only)

Be clarify that this fund has been approved in your favor and duly signed by the United Nations Financial Department, United Nations Board of Directors and Trustees from the WORLD BANK ASSISTED PROGRAMMED, and also note that your fund is programmed for payment/with-drawer via Automatic Teller Machine MasterCard generated with globally Automated
Biometrics Identification System (ABIS) through our affiliated institution for security purpose and accessibility in any ATM machine all around the world, which we have authorize our Chief Protocol Officer, in charge of Africa Pacific Payment Dispatch Unit Rev. Fr. Paul Tochukwu to handle the delivery process of your ATM MASTERCARD to your home address. You are hereby advised without delay to stop all contact going on between you and anybody on Internet over the claim of your fund because you will end up at nothing with them as they have no fund for you and you must understand that we are here to ensure that you receive your fund without any further problem.

Be inform that a woman with the name Elizabeth Williams of 5.9 inches tall, with Log hair and white in color from the United States of America contacted this office today claiming to be from you, stating that you are dead but before your abrupt death you made her your representative and authorized her as your legal beneficiary to claim your fund valued Five Million Five Hundred Thousand United State Dollars (US$5,500,000.00) only from this reputable commission. Now here comes the big question, did you sign any dead of assignment in favor of this woman, there by making her the current beneficiary with her following contact details, please let us know if you are still alive or authorize her for the claim on your behalf, also if you are aware that we are almost ready to release/transfer the fund to her instruction.

Also be inform that the reason we welcome the woman application is because we sent you series of emails in this regards but you did not respond back to us, However, in the course of our routine secularization into our Dispatch Alert, we discovered that the document of your fund is intact and very much available that is while we decide to contact you again before carrying her instruction. Note that United Nations Board of Director have sign your Fund Payment through INTERNATIONAL ATM MASTERCARD in the favor of your name and hand it over to Rev. Fr. Paul Tochukwu Chief Protocol Officer of Africa Pacific Payment Dispatch Unit to delivery it to your home address, so you have to contact Rev. Fr. Paul Tochukwu in charge of your FUND/INTERNATIONAL ATM MASTERCARD delivery if you are still alive and not the one that authorize the woman to claim the FUND/INTERNATIONAL ATM CARD on your behalf, As he is our UNITED NATIONS departure representative in charge of delivery of Compensation FUN
D/INTERNATIONAL ATM MASTERCARD to

Contact information:

Rev. Fr. Paul Tochukwu
Chief Protocol Officer, Dispatch Unit .
Email: ( rev.fr.paultochukwu@gmail.com )
Direct Tel: +234-703-724-7108

Below is the Registration Information’s of your INTERNATIONAL ATM MASTERCARD and you are to provide this details to Rev. Fr. Paul Tochukwu when contacting him as evidence of receiving email from us as a beneficiary to this compensation fund.

FUND AWARD REFERENCE CODE: UNAP 563EUS
REGISTERED TAG: UNZEFCB79268.
SECURITY CODE: SCUN/2015/90363/
ATM MASTERCARD NO" 4577 9328 2872 5324
TRANSACTION CODE 8563/TCUNEU/9563/56253/
CERTIFICATE DEPOSIT CODE: CDCUN/EU673/IEDD/-09/15
DEPOSIT CERTIFICATE N0: 735642

As soon as you establish a contact with him, ensure that you provide a reconfirmation of your present details as below to the contact in other for the Officer to effect the change and Re-direct the parcel to your home address.

Full Name:
Address:
Phone Number:
Occupation:
Identification Card/Driver's License:

We expect your urgent attention to this email to enable us monitor this payment effectively. Most importantly we advise you to follow the instruction of Rev. Fr. Paul Tochukwu as we have assigned him to handle the process of the delivery of your INTERNATIONAL ATM CARD to your home address. Once you contact him, do follow up his instruction as he is the only person in charge of the deliver of your INTERNATIONAL ATM MASTER CARD to you without any further delay.

Yours Faithfully,

Secretary-General United Nations
Mr. Ban KI Moon
United State of America.

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