419 scam: "The United Nations /EU union /Attn Beneficiary:" <mixmike379@gmail.com> The United Nations /EU union /Attn Beneficiary:

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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 fake company names, fake addresses, non-existent institutions/documents or other details have appeared in scams before:
- "diplomatic delivery"
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "trunk box" (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)
- "consignment " (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)
- "million 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)
- "diplomatic delivery" ("diplomats" who perform deliveries of cash or other valuables to you only exist in 419 scams)
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.
- adamseu@europe.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "The United Nations /EU union /Attn Beneficiary:" <mixmike379@gmail.com>
Reply-To: adamseu@europe.com
Date: Thu, 13 Jan 2022 18:24:32 +0000
Subject: The United Nations /EU union /Attn Beneficiary:

UNITED NATIONS ORGANIZATION
(International Territory)
United Nations Office
Address: 3 Whitehall Court, London,
SW1A 2EL UK.
Coordinates 40Â°44'58?N 73Â°58'5?W
Our Ref: IMF/FRB-NY/9USXX10751/020

Attn: Fund Beneficiary.
REF: PAYMENT NOTIFICATION OF US$2.000,000.00

RE: INSTRUCTION TO DELIVER YOUR CONSIGNMENT TRUNK
BOX IN OUR VAULT

After due vetting and evaluation of your file that was sent to us by
the European Union (E.U.) with the United Nations (U.N.) Ad-Hoc
Executive Committee. Under the direct authorization of the African
Union in conjunction with the United Nations, we wish to notify you
that your contract/inheritance Fund will be paid to you via Diplomatic
Delivery to our office address in Turkey as all means to receive your
Fund through Banks had failed. This (E.U.) with United Nations (U.N.)
has an instruction to see to the immediate release of the sum of Two
Million Dollars (US$2.000,000.00) of your claim that has been pending
in a trunk box in our security vault. We were meant to understand from
our findings that you have been going through hard times and passing
through a lot of difficulties in seeing to the
release of your fund which amounts to (US$2.000,000.00). This has been
the handwork of some dubious elements in the African Development Bank
(ADB). We advise that you stop further communication with any
correspondence from anywhere concerning this fund, you don't have to
pass through any difficulties to receive your fund, as you have met up
with the whole requirements. This was the reason this fund was kept in
our security vault for easy delivery and conclusion of this
transaction. The management of this transaction does not want you to
pass through a wire transfer, which you have gone through off and on
and this fund was not paid to you, but for you to come down to Turkey
and see your fund with your two eyes.

Do get back to us with the following required information.
1) YOUR FULL NAME ..........................................
(2) YOUR RESIDENTIAL ADDRESS.............................
(3) YOUR POSTAL ADDRESS.......................................
(4) YOUR PHONE AND FAX NUMBER.............................
(5) YOUR E-MAIL ADDRESS...........................................
(6) YOUR OCCUPATION..................................................
(7) YOUR OFFICIAL AGE.................................................
(8) YOUR PHOTOGRAPH ..............................................
(9) YOUR COUNTRY........................................................

Direct Cell Phone Number for easy communication Note that if no
seriousness is seen from you, we have no choice but to send this fund
back to our treasury as an unclaimed fund by you. To see that you
forward your above information to the Dispatch Officer Dr
George.G.Anderson thought is email:adamseu@europe.com

Regards,
MR Frank Alexandru
UNITED NATIONS ORGANIZATION
(International Territory)
United Nations Office

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