419 scam: "UNIOS - Ms. Carman L. Lapointe"<clapointe@unios.org> Re: 2016 1st Quarter Unpaid Beneficiary

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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:
- "clearance fee" (this will cost you money - be careful with upfront payments to anyone you only know through email, especially if they promise you a lot of money. NEVER send money by Western Union or MoneyGram to people you do not know personally - NO EXCEPTIONS! Instant wire transfer services are not meant to be used with strangers because they offer no protection against fraud. That is precisely why the criminals want you send money that way. )
- ",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)
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.
- cllapointe@mynet.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "UNIOS - Ms. Carman L. Lapointe" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <lapointec@mynet.com>
Date: Mon, 22 Feb 2016 23:16:53 -0500
Subject: Re: 2016 1st Quarter Unpaid Beneficiary

From: Ms. Carman L. Lapointe
Head, United Nations Under-Secretary General For Internal Oversight Services

To: Unpaid Beneficiary,

For your information, after series of complaints from the FBI and other security agencies/commissions in Asia, Europe and South America cited against some West African countries for the high volume of fraudulent activities coming from those countries.

Click on the link below or simply copy then paste the weblink into your web browser, to read more about me:

http://www.un.org/Depts/oios/pages/usg.html

Following the resolution issued by the UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon of your overdue entitlement - we are working jointly with the Nigerian Financial Crimes Commission but most importantly - we have resolved to waive all clearance fees/charges with a standing order approved and supported by IMF and United Nations - authorizing the paying bank to
effect your payment of $10,500,000.00 directly into your account with immediate effect.

As a listed beneficiary on file, the only fee you will pay to receive your fund is the Notarization Fee. Upon your consent, I shall send you the payment instruction and information you will need.

I personally found out that some corrupt government officials in high places are interested in diverting your entitlement, they have collaborated with one Mr. Richard Graves resident in Chicago, Illinois - USA to frustrate and thereafter divert your fund into his account.

I have very limited time to stay here in Nigeria, it will be in your best interest to respond timely to this correspondence, then reconfirm your full names, current residence address, direct phone number, so that I can give detailed instruction and advise on how to get your entitlement paid to you within the next 72 hours.

For additional information and enquiry, email me at:
Email Address: cllapointe@mynet.com

Sincerely yours,

Carman L. Lapointe
Head, United Nations Under-Secretary General For Internal Oversight Services

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