419 scam: =?UTF-8?Q?Mr=2E_Ant=C3=B3nio_Guterres?= <un.depttun@gmail.com> REF/PAYMENTS CODE: 09284B.

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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:

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:
- "million united states 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)
- ",000,000" (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)
- "economic and financial crime commission" (This name is often mentioned in money recovery scams (re-scam): the real EFCC does not contact victims to offer to get their money back because that is near impossible. )
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: =?UTF-8?Q?Mr=2E_Ant=C3=B3nio_Guterres?= <un.depttun@gmail.com>
Reply-To: un.deptn@gmail.com
Date: Sun, 5 Aug 2018 17:23:25 +0100
Subject: REF/PAYMENTS CODE: 09284B.

UN COMPENSATIONS PAYMENTS UNIT.
REF/PAYMENTS CODE: 09284B.
AMOUNT ; $3 Million USD.

How are you, Hope all is well with you and your family, You may not
understand why this mail came to you, United Nation have been having a
meeting for the past 3 weeks which ended 30th April, 2018 with the World
Bank President Mr.Jim Yong Kim and the USA Secretary of State Mr.Michael R.
Pompeo.

This email is to all the people that have been scammed in any part of the
world, and the people that have lost their properties in the earthquakes
and tsunami United Nations and World Bank have agreed to compensate them
with the sum of Three Million United States Dollars ($USD3,000,000.00)
each, this includes every foreign contractors that may have not received
their contract sum and people that have had an unfinished transaction or
international businesses that failed due to Government problems etc.

Your name and email was in the list submitted by our Monitoring Team of
Economic and Financial Crime Commission observers and this is why we are
contacting you, this have been agreed upon and have been signed.

You are advised to contact Mr. William C. Dudley of Federal Reserve Bank
New York, as he is our representative, contact him immediately for your
check/International Bank Draft of Three Million United States Dollars
($USD3,000,000.00) This funds are in a Bank Draft for security purpose so
he will send it to you and you can clear it in any bank of your choice.
Therefore, you should send him your full Name and telephone number with
your correct mailing address, where you want him to send the Draft to you.

Contact Mr.John C. Williams immediately for your Check:
fed.fed001@outlook.com

Good-luck and kind regards,
Mr. AntÃ³nio Guterres
Secretary (UNITED NATIONS).
UN making the world a better place
http://www.un.org/sg/

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