419 scam: "United Nations"<info@usa.org> Your Approved Payment

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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:
- "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)
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.
- reservebankofsouthafrica0@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "United Nations" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <sarb_bnk086@meta.ua>
Date: Thu, 17 Sep 2020 19:32:56 -0700
Subject: Your Approved Payment

UNITED NATIONS, ASSISTED COMPENSATION PROGRAMME FOR SCAMMED VICTIMS.

OurReff: 3447181146UNCPRO

This letter is to officially inform you that United Nations board of Trustee on humanitarian aids, held series of meetings for the past seven months with the Secretary-General to UNITED NATIONS, to compensate Scam victims. We hereby formally inform you that you are among 57 selected Scammed Victims (Victims of crime and Fraud) around the world. The UNITED NATIONS have agreed to compensate you and other 56 individuals with the sum of US$5,000,000.00 (Five Million United States Dollars Only) each due to scam you went through in the past.

This initiative includes every foreign contractors and Lottery Winners that may have not received their money, and people that have had an unfinished transaction or international businesses that failed due to Scam activities and Government problems etc. We found your name in our list hence we contacted you, it has been agreed upon and signed to compensate you and other 56 selected Scammed Victims without hesitation.

You are advised to contact our representative (Dr Rashad Cassim) on below contact details immediately for your International Bank transfer of USD$5,000,000.00. These funds are in an escrow account of United Nations for security purpose. Dr Rashad Cassim will process and release your fund immediately you give him all the details he needs and follow due process.

Dr Rashad Cassim,
Email: reservebankofsouthafrica0@gmail.com

This is another way United Nations is making our world a better place one person at a time. We hope to hear from you as soon as you receive this information.

Sincerely,
Ms.Ghada Fathi Waly
(Executive Director of United Nations Office of Drugs and Crime)

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