419 scam: "UN Secretary-General" <diana@wowtelecom.com.br> Ref: UNDR/EFD550/SE

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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:
- "into your nominated bank account" (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.
- ununusaoffice@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "UN Secretary-General" <diana@wowtelecom.com.br>
Reply-To: ethanniholas@yahoo.co.jp
Date: Wed, 10 Feb 2021 01:11:04 -0800
Subject: Ref: UNDR/EFD550/SE

UNITED NATION
405 East 42nd Street,
New York, NY, 10017, USA

Ref: UNDR/EFD550/SE

Attention: Beneficairy.

How are you today? Hope all is well with you and your family? You may not understand why this mail came to you. I wish to inform you that we have been having a Meeting with the IMF for the past 1 month now which ended yesterday in regards to an innocent individual who has been a victim of a scam that was going on. In Africa and worldwide, the (UNITED NATIONS ORGANIZATIN) have agreed to compensate them with the sum of $1.500,000.00USD

This includes every foreign contractors/private indvidual that may have not received their compensation funds or an unfinished Internet Transaction/International Businesses that failed due to one problem or the other.

We therefore advice you to stop further correspondence with any officer or persons outside this office since you have met up with the funds transfer requirements.

Going through our data base your email contacts and name was found on our list and that is why we are contacting you directly for you to receive your own compensation And this said money will be transferred into your nominated bank account without any further delay and Payment Method which is the easiest and safest way of Receiving without any hindrance and it will be issued to you from our Authorized Bank here in the (UNITED STATES OF AMERICA OR ANY BANK IN THE WORLD) you are advised to get back to us as soon as possible to enable us direct you to the Paying Bank according your country of resident E-mail: ununusaoffice@gmail.com

We advise you should get back to us immideiatly witht the required details below.

You're full Name............................................
Youâ€™re telephone number..................................
Youâ€™re occupation..............................................
Youâ€™re Country of origin.....................................
Youâ€™re age.........................................................
Youâ€™re E-mail address........................................
You're national ID card or driver's license...........

Best regards,

UN Secretary-General
Ant?nio Guterres.

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