419 scam: Mr Morgan Owen <buffettfoundationcentre@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:

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:
- "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)
- "united state dollar" (this email uses bad English)
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.
- charlesruger6@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Mr Morgan Owen <buffettfoundationcentre@gmail.com>
Reply-To: owenm2244@gmail.com
Date: Mon, 7 Mar 2022 01:33:13 -0800
Subject: UNITED NATIONS ORGANIZATION

UNITED NATIONS ORGANIZATION
Address: 50 United Nations Plaza, San Francisco, CA 94102, United States
ciary, PHONE NUMBER: call or SMS : (213) 267-3286
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(UNCC), 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, 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.

Note: 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
was found in one of the scammer Artists file and computer hard-disk
while the investigation was going on, maybe you have been scammed. You
are therefore being compensated with the sum of US#1, 200,000.00 (US$)
(One Million Two Hundred Thousand United State Dollars). We have
arranged your payment to be paid to you direct to your bank account in
your country. To receive the above fund, you are therefore advised to
contact the (Uganda UBA bank)that will transfer the fund to your bank
account. We have advised the Bank Agent to open a non residential bank
account as to enable us monitor this payment,

Kindly contact the Uganda BANK ON this email now with the below contact details:

Contact: MR. Charles Ruger
Compensation Fund Transfer Dept.
Contact Email: charlesruger6@gmail.com
Contact him now and forward the below details to him: please note that
you are only going to spend the sum of $75 dollars

1. Your Full Name:
2. ADDRESS:
2. Your Age:
3. Occupation:
4. Cell/Mobile Number:

United Nations Funds Investigation Unit.
Yours in Service.

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