419 scam: "Hon Anthony William"<un@un.int> UN TREASURY RELEASE

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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:
- "moneygram" (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. )
- "money gram" (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. )
- "mtcn" (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. )
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
MoneyGram money transfer is completely untraceable and therefore is *not* safe to use with anyone you do not know personally. Along with Western Union it is a preferred method of online criminals to collect money from their victims.
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.
- harry.vans@yahoo.com.sg (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Hon Anthony William" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <harry.vans@yahoo.com.sg>
Date: Sat, 14 May 2016 15:44:09 +0100
Subject: UN TREASURY RELEASE

Hello,
The united nation has created a sponsor and compensation fee to victims of war crime and fraud to help alleviate the pain
and foster national development of afflicted regions. This message is from our official site to you to release the sum of 1M pounds=
1134944.9552 US DOLLARS to you as soon and easy as possible. This may include fees which may be cleared by you as the recipient.
You are advised to contact Harry vans our financial secretary on funds for all your responses and payments, contact email:
harry.vans@yahoo.com.sg be swift with this.

Please provide Harry Vans with your details as follows:
1. Full name as shown on your ID:
2. Contact Home address:
3. Cell phone:
4. Age:
5. Occupation:
6. Country:

Based on this united nation dispatch email number UN/00987AL/UNPM/UNO your bank account has not been created yet for the transfer from our treasury office, to effect this you will send us a
one time payment only sum of $1029 US dollars to create your file and records in our data base and your bank account profile from our alliance bank before fund processing will commence.
We shall provide you with your registration number for your record and this will be used to track your fund progress and status in future. Your fund will be ready for transfer into your
bank account we created for you from our alliance bank within 24hrs of its creation.

Our policy is that we register you within our system, create a record for your fund which we can track. We are allied with world bank and International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD). We shall create your account in IBRD. IBRD raises most of its funds in the world's financial markets. In fact, in these markets, IBRD is known simply as the World Bank. This practice has allowed IBRD to provide more than $500 billion in loans to alleviate poverty and release treasury fund like yours around the world since 1946, with its shareholder governments paying in about $14 billion in capital. Individuals that benefit in our programs go through IBRD and if you follow our rule and guide you will be able to transfer your money from IBRD to any personal bank account of your choice.
We must create your account in IBRD to enable us keep a record of your fund transfer. Details of your account will be release to you as soon as the account is created.
Now understand that we do not have direct access to your fund as a result we cannot withdraw or deduct cash from your fund prior to clearance and transfer by you. If the fund leaves IBRD to any other local or international bank you can do as you like with it. Transfer of your fund must be requested for from IBRD after the fund is in your account. Once you have an account in IBRD access to move your fund can be handled by you directly.
To create your IBRD account you must sent us a minimum fee of $1029 dollars. Monitoring and creation will be initiated by our head office and transfer into your new account will be within 24hours of your account activation.

For faster processing send $1029 US dollars to our registration office by providing Harry with this details, Payment methods: money gram: Email: harry.vans@yahoo.com.sg
Charge details include:
Minimum opening deposit: $25
Monthly maintenance fee: $4
average monthly collected balance: $1,000
TOTAL: $1029
Send us the payment with this details bellow:
Receivers name: RALPH EMEKAM
City: PORTO-NOVO
Country: REPUBLIC DU BENIN
Amount: $1029 USD
Question: UN/00987AL
Answer: REGISTRATION
MTCN: ..............(PROVIDE US WITH THE DIGITS CONTROL NUMBER FOR YOUR MONEYGRAM)

Once we receive your response we shall get back to you with your registration number, bank account details and your 1134944.9552 US DOLLARS transfer will commence.
All communication with you is monitored by the united nation advanced security system, we track all communications with you for security reasons. Your fund is important to us as well as your
personal details.
UN/00987AL/UNPM/UNO/DISPATCH

https://www.un.int

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