419 scam: Chang Lewis <changlewis489@gmail.com> UNITED NATIONS ORGANIZATION

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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:
- "hundred thousand united state 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)
- "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)
- "fund beneficiary" (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)
- "united state dollar" (this email uses bad English)
- "ecowasefccdepartment@outlook.com" (this email address has been used in a known scam)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: Chang Lewis <changlewis489@gmail.com>
Reply-To: wallacejasper044@gmail.com
Date: Mon, 28 Jun 2021 12:30:15 +0100
Subject: UNITED NATIONS ORGANIZATION

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UNITED NATIONS ORGANIZATION
1775 K ST NW # 400
WASHINGTON D.C., DC 20006-1500,US.

Dear Email Owner/Fund Beneficiary,

COMPENSATION FUNDS PAYMENT ORDER
This is to inform you that, we have been working towards the
eradication of fraudsters and
scam Artists in Africa with the help of the Organization of African
Unity (OAU), the International
Monetary Fund (IMF) and FBI. We have been able to track down so many
of this scam artist in
various parts of African countries and Europe, which includes
(Nigeria, United Kingdom, Spain,
Ghana, Cameroon and Senegal) and they are all in Government custody
now, they will appear
at International Criminal Court (ICC) Hague (Netherlands) soon for
Criminal/Fraud Justice.
During the course of our investigation, we have been able to recover
so much money from these scam
artists.
The United Nations Anti-Crime Commission and the International
Monetary Fund (IMF) have
ordered that the money recovered from the Scammers to be shared among
100 Lucky people around the
World for compensation. This Email/Letter is been directed to you
because your email address and country
name was found in one of the scammer Artists file and computer
hard-disk while the
investigation, maybe you have been scammed. You are therefore being
compensated with the sum of
$8,200,000.00 (US$) (Eight Million Two Hundred Thousand United State Dollars).
We have arranged your payment to be paid to you directly to your bank
account in your country. To
receive the above fund, you are therefore advised to contact the (US Trust Bank
private Bank Agent) now with the below contact details:
Contact: MR. DONALD JONES B
Compensation Fund Transfer Dept.
(US TRUST Bank)
Contact Email: ecowasefccdepartment@outlook.com

Yours in Service.
MR. WILSON STEWART.
United Nations Funds Investigation Unit.

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