419 scam: "Mr. Ban KI Moon"<unitednationsoffic@qq.com> Please Read (Not Spam) Sir Dear 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 fake company names, fake addresses, non-existent institutions/documents or other details have appeared in scams before:
- "diplomatic delivery"
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)
- "diplomatic delivery" ("diplomats" who perform deliveries of cash or other valuables to you only exist in 419 scams)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
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.
- +2348130715542
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.
- infopaulclifford@yahoo.es (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Mr. Ban KI Moon" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <infopaulclifford@yahoo.es>
Date: Wed, 5 Oct 2016 04:20:50 +0200
Subject: Please Read (Not Spam) Sir Dear Beneficiary

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/XX028 United Nations.

Dear Beneficiary,

We are authorize by United Nations Secretary General, and the Governing body of the United Nations Debt Reconciliation Unit, to investigate the unnecessary delay on your payment, recommended and approved in your favor. During the course of our investigation, we discovered with dismay that your Lottery Winning and Compensation payment has been unnecessarily delayed by corrupt officials of the Bank and Government regulatory organs in Nigeria, Asia, Australia, Europe, Africa, America, Canada, North America, and South America who are trying to divert your funds into their private accounts.

Be advice that we are mandated by the UNITED NATIONS and HSBC,(IMF) To pay 150 people from your country as a result of they Lottery Winning and Compensation as victim of Internet scam. The United Nations and HSBC has agreed to pay you TEN Million Five Hundred Thousand United State Dollars (US$10,500,000.00) each. You are listed and approved for this payment as one of the lucky person to be paid this amount, so get back to this office as soon as possible for the immediate payment process of your TEN Million Five Hundred Thousand United State Dollars (US$10,500,000.00) Lottery/Compensation funds.

Note that this email is to 150 selected lucky people of the countries that have been scammed or extorted money from because of their Lottery Winning, Contract Payment Execution in any part of the world, the UNITED NATIONS have agreed to compensate all the Lottery Winners and scam victim with the sum of TEN Million Five Hundred Thousand United State Dollars (US$10,500,000.00) each. This includes every foreign contractors that may have not yet received their contract sum, and people that have had an unfinished transaction or international businesses that failed due to Government problems or irregularities etc. We found your email in our list and that is why we are contacting you, this has been agreed upon and has been signed by the United Nations Board of Directors and Trustees from the WORLD BANK ASSISTED PROGRAMMED.

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 approve for release through any of the following method (Via Bank to Bank Wire Transfer, Via Automatic Teller Machine ATM MASTERCARD, Via Electronic On-Line Banking System, Via Bank Draft, Via Diplomatic Delivery Means and Via Visiting Any Of Our Payment Center/Office Location For The Claim Of Your Fund in Person As We Have Different Payment Centers All Around The World) and the Chief Protocol Officer in charge of the Fund Release Unit Rev. Fr. Paul Clifford have been authorize to handle the release process of your fund per your chosen method you want to use to receive your Fund from the above listed means. 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

Also be inform that a woman with the name Elizabeth Williams of 5.9 inches tall, with Long hair and white in color from the United States of America have earlier today contacted this office 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 TEN Million Five Hundred Thousand United State Dollars (US$10,500,000.00) only from this reputable commission and she also stated that she is a member of your family, so here comes the big question, are you dead? and did you sign any dead of assignment in favor of this woman? thereby making her the current beneficiary to your fund with her following contact details before you pass on, please get back to us if you are still alive and state to us if you authorize this woman to represent you for the claim of your fund or not, to enable us know the next line of action to follow for the transfer/release of your fu
nd.

Contact information:

Rev. Fr. Paul Clifford
Chief Protocol Officer, Fund Release Department.
Email: ( infopaulclifford@yahoo.es )
Direct Tel: +2348130715542

Now your new Payment, United nation Approval No; UN5685P, White House Approved No: WH44CV, Reference No.-35460021, Allocation No: 674632 Password No: 339331, Pin Code No: 55674 and your Certificate of Merit Payment No: 103, Released Code No: 0763; Immediate (IMF) Telex confirmation No: -1114433; Secret Code No: XXTN013.

Your part payment inheritance fund is USD$10.5Million. Having received these vital payment numbers, therefore you are qualified now to received and confirm your payment with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) African Region immediately within the next 168hrs. We assure you that your payment will get to you as long as you follow my directives and instructions. We have decided to give you a CODE, THE CODE IS: 701. Please, any time you receive a mail with the name Rev. Fr. Paul Clifford, check if there is CODE (701) if the code is not written, please delete the massage from your box!
As soon as you establish contact with him, ensure that you provide a reconfirmation of your present details as below to the Officer to effect the change and Re-process your fund release to you.

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 Clifford as we have assigned him to handle the process of the release of your Fund to you. Once you contact him, do follow up his instruction as he is the only person in charge of the release of your Fund to you without any further delay.

Yours Faithfully,

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

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