419 scam: FROM THE UNITED NATIONS <raihan@bitopibd.com> ATTN: BENEFICIARY, GIVE ME ATTENTION, THIS IS MY SECOND NOTIFICATION.

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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:
- "farida waziri" (This name is often mentioned in money recovery scams (re-scam): the real EFCC does not contact victims to offer to get their money back because that is near impossible. )
- "offshore account" (Banks mentioned in 419 scams are always fake (real banks don't communicate using mobile phones or free webmail addresses))
- "charles soludo" (the name of a person or institution often appearing in 419 scams)
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.
- revtony@usa.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: FROM THE UNITED NATIONS <raihan@bitopibd.com>
Reply-To: <revtony@usa.com>
Date: Sun, 21 Feb 2016 11:23:50 -0800
Subject: ATTN: BENEFICIARY, GIVE ME ATTENTION, THIS IS MY SECOND NOTIFICATION.

THE UNITED NATIONS {UN}
PEACE KEEPING ORGANIZATION
INTERNATIONAL PAYMENT UNIT
WORLD APPROVED PAYMENT OFFICER

DATE: 21/02/2016

OUR REF....

ATTN: BENEFICIARY

MY NAME IS REV.TONY NICHOLAS, MEMBER UNITED NATIONS PEACE KEEPING ORGANIZATION, I AM THE CHAIRMAN INTERNATIONAL PAYMENT UNIT, AFRICA CHAPTER.

I WISH TO OFFICIALLY NOTIFY YOU THAT WE HAVE TAKEN FURTHER STEPS TO PUT AN END TO CORRUPTION AND OTHER THREATS TO HUMANITARIANS, WE HAVE MADE GREAT PROGRESS

RIGHT NOW AS WE HAVE TAKEN OUR FIGHT INTO AFRICA BANKS.

THE BELLOW OFFICERS HAS BEEN ARRESTED AND DISCHARGE OF THEIR DUTIES FOR COLLECTING MONEY FROM BENEFICIARIES AND NEVER DOING THEIR JOB OR WHAT THEY HAVE

PROMISED TO DO.

THE NAMES OF THE CORRUPT OFFICERS ARE STATED BELLOW.

1, BEN BRUCE
2, BENSON MAN
3, DAVID MORRIS
4, EDWARD MARK
5, NGOZI OKONJO
6, SANUSI LAMIDO
7, CHARLES SOLUDO
8, FARIDA WAZIRI
9, HARBART WIGWE
10,SUZAN PATRICK
11,JEFF UDA
12.DAVID WILLIAM
13, DAVID MARK

ON THE PROCESS,WE HAVE DISCOVERED YOUR PAYMENT FILE AS WE MADE A FORCE ARREST TO THE ABOVE LISTED OFFICERS, AND HAVE NOW AN APPROVED TOTAL SUM US$10.5 MILLION READY NOW TO BE PAID TO YOU WITHOUT DELAY, WE HAVE MANDATED THE REMITTANCE DEPARTMENT TO RELEASE THE FUND TO YOU IN THE NEXT SEVEN {7} OFFICIAL BANKING DAYS. BECAUSE THE INFORMATION WE DISCOVERED HAS STATED CLEARLY THAT YOU ARE THE RIGHTFUL BENEFICIARY OF THE FUND, AND SO THE FUND MUST BE PAID TO YOU AS INSTRUCTED.

BY THE ORDER OF THE UNITED NATIONS, AN OFFSHORE ACCOUNT HAS BEEN CREATED FOR YOU ALONG SIDE AN ATM MASTER CARD, WHICH WILL GRANT YOU INSTANT ACCESS TO YOUR
FUND ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD. AND A MAXIMUM AMOUNT OF $10,000.00 HAS BEEN PROGRAMMED FOR YOU TO WITHDRAW DAILY FROM THE CARD FROM ANY ATM MACHINE NEAREST TO
YOU ANY WHERE IN THE WORLD, ALSO YOU CAN MAKE ONLINE TRANSFERS OF US$100 000.00 EVERY FIVE {5} INTO ANY OF YOUR ACCOUNT USING YOUR ONLINE ACCOUNT OR THE ATM

CARD.

WE HAVE ORDERED THE CARD TO BE DELIVERED TO YOU WITHOUT DELAY. YOU MUST ACT FAST NOW AND CALL ME +2349025371099 OR RESPOND WITH YOUR DIRECT TELEPHONE NUMBERS AND ADDRESS FOR DIRECTIVES.

MAKE NO MISTAKES, CONTACT ME DIRECT FOR DIRECTIVES OF CARD DELIVERY TO YOU.

SINCERELY
REV.TONY NICOLAS
UNITED NATIONS
INTERNATIONAL PAYMENT UNIT
email me: revtony@usa.com
Call now: +2349025371099

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