419 scam: "UN Compensation Unit"<infocompensation@un.org> RE-CONFIRM CHANGE OF ACCOUNT

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

Fraud email example:

From: "UN Compensation Unit" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <patrickelvis171@yahoo.es>
Date: Thu, 4 Feb 2016 03:12:38 -0800
Subject: RE-CONFIRM CHANGE OF ACCOUNT

IMF/USA/UN/UNICEF

Foreign Assets Compensation Unit

Attention: Beneficiary,

Your email appeared among the beneficiaries who will receive a

part-payment of your compensation sum of US750,000.00 and has been

approved already for months. You are requested to get back to me for more

direction and instruction on how to receive your fund.

However, we received an email from one Mrs.Virgie Brown who told us that

she is your next of kin and that you are seriously battling with heavy

stroke attack and High Blood Pressure suffered as a result of the war and Natural problem inline

with climate change.

She has also submitted her account for us to transfer the fund to her. We

want to hear from you before we can make the transfer to confirm if you

are dead or not.

The Authority has decided to pay you off as part of Christmas gift.

Please in confirmation that you are still alive, you are advised to

reconfirm the below listed information to enable us

facilitate an immediate payment for you.

1 Your full names

2 Your present contact address.

3 Your telephone & Fax numbers.

4 Your Occupations/age/sex.

5 Your Private E mail Address.

Once again, I apologize to you on behalf of I M F for failure to pay

your funds in time, which according to records in the system had been

long overdue.

Thanks,

Dr Anderson Giggs.

Payment Compensation unit

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