419 scam: UNITED NATIONS ORGANIZATION <vernonmarkant@yahoo.de> Compensation Notice.

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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:
- "hundred thousand us 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)
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.
- info.uncc0@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: UNITED NATIONS ORGANIZATION <vernonmarkant@yahoo.de>
Reply-To: UNITED NATIONS ORGANIZATION <info.uncc0@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 7 Oct 2017 06:47:29 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: Compensation Notice.

Attention:

The United Nations Compensation Commission was established in 1991 in accordance with Security Council resolutions 687 (1991) and 692 (1991) to process claims and pay compensation for losses and damages suffered by individuals, companies, governments and international institutions,organizations.

This email is for all people who have been scammed anywhere in the world, the UNITED NATIONS have agreed to compensate them with the sum of $ 500,000 (Five hundred Thousand US Dollars). This includes all foreign contractors who have not received their sum of the contract and people who have had an unfinished transaction or international business that failed because of government problems, etc.

Your name and email were on the list sent by our Monitoring Team observers and that is why we are contacting you, this has been agreed and signed, so you are advised to contact Mr. Paul Williams, he is our representative, contact him immediately for your compensation payment of $ 500,000 (five hundred thousand dollars united state) The funds will be released directly to you in accordance with legal authorization and procedures.

Therefore, you are advised to send Mr. Paul Williams your full name / telephone number / residential address / Gender and Occupation.

Contact Person: Mr.Paul Williams
Email: info.uncc0@gmail.com

Sincerely
United Nations Compensation Commission.

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