419 scam: "MR BAN KI-MOON"<moon@maxindo.net.id> Hello

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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:
- "inheritance funds" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
This email message is a next of kin scam.
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.
- +2348075920242 (Nigeria, prepaid mobile phone)
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.
- cbncbncbnplc@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "MR BAN KI-MOON" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <bmoon649@yaho.com>
Date: Sat, 19 Nov 2016 09:35:22 -0700
Subject: Hello

Good day to you:

My name is Mr. Ban Ki-Moon, I am secretary to United Nations Organization In the department of UN COMPENSATION FUND UNIT, I'm in charge of Investigating through unpaid project, Inheritance funds, Lottery and other means of payment that was denied the real beneficiary.

From my record it shows that you have been denied payment and this was supposed to be either your Inheritance fund, Lottery, IMF, Bank transfer, Fund compensation etc, I forwarded your report to our Scam Victim Investigation department to know why your transfer wasn't made to you, they confirmed that the person who contacted you to make claims played a fast one on you, there by deceiving you with all sort of fake stories, documents and fees while he didn't have any genuine funds to pay you.

With full hopes, I have demanded that a compensation should be made to you immediately without delay for all the funds you have lost, the sum of $7.5 MILLION USD has been agreed to be issued to you as your scam victim compensation through an Automated teller machine (ATM) and these funds is coming from the Susquehanna Bank where all Compensation funds are lodged for payments.

As soon as you respond to this e-mail with full hopes and trust with the below information's required to begin preparation of your ATM Debit Master card, I will also send you a Confirmation document which certifies you as one of our Scam victim client for the year 2015-2016, Please you are to handle that document with perfect care because it would not be sent the second time, You are also advised to print the document as it would be used as evidence to our delivery company on the day your ATM Master card would be delivered to your address.

With this our new Pro Susquehanna Bank ATM card meant specially for our compensation clients, you can withdraw a maximum of $5,000.00 daily from any ATM machine near you, Funds from the ATM card can also be transferred to your account only when the ATM card has been received and activated by you with your 4 digit secrete pin.You are therefore, advised to contact the Paying bank in Nigeria for immediate payment of funds to you as the scam rightful beneficiary:(MR.GODWIN EMEFIELE,TELEPHONE NUMBER: +234-807-5920-242,E-MAIL: (cbncbncbnplc@gmail.com) Do call him upon receipt of this message for immediate and east communication to pay the funds to you as you know we are at the last quarter paying period of the year.

Please fill below, the required details for our records.

1. YOUR FULL NAME
2. YOUR RESIDENTIAL ADDRESS FOR ATM CARD DELIVERY
3. TELEPHONE NUMBER FOR DELIVERY NOTICE
4. DATE OF BIRTH
5. OCCUPATION
6. MARITAL STATUS
7. SEX
8. YOUR NEXT OF KIN,

Yours In Service,

MR BAN KI-MOON.
SEC.UNITED NATION OFFICE/IMF OFFICE.
UNITED NATIONS COMPENSATION TEAM
SUSQUEHANNA BANK ATM CARD CREDITING DEPT

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