419 scam: "United Nations Compensation"<kostya@stylab.ru> RELEASE OF YOUR 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 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)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
This email lists mobile phone numbers. Use of such numbers is typical for scams because they allow criminals to conceal their true location. They can receive calls in an Internet cafe from where they send you emails, while pretending to be in some office.
- +22961082011 (Benin, probably a prepaid mobile phone)
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.
- adl.express@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "United Nations Compensation" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <douglasgreen35@yahoo.com>
Date: Thu, 17 Nov 2022 11:04:38 +0100
Subject: RELEASE OF YOUR PAYMENT !

United Nations Human Settlement and Compensation Programme,
Capacity Building and Improving the Performance of Humanitarian self support.

Attention Beneficiary

We wish to notify you about the release of your outstanding payment which is truly $2.500,000.00 Million Dollars, The United Nation Secretary General scheduled a time frame to settle all foreign debts which includes

Humanitarian self support donation, Contract/Inheritance/Lottery (Sponsored by Microsoft and Shell Petroleum Lottery) and other international loans, Your Name was among the people to receive $2.500,000.00 Million Dollars Compensation winning award by United Nations,

We have successfully Converted this total amount into an ATM-Card in your name, And it has been approved and deposited to ADL-Express this morning for registration, and we agreed that, the delivery of your $2.500,000.00 Million USD ATM-Card Package will take off tomorrow morning,

The information of the ADL-Express Delivery Company is below
Contact Name Dr. Patrick Mupenda
From ADL-Express Delivery Company
Email: adl-expresscoco@protonmail.com
Email: adl.express@yahoo.com
Tel: +229-610-820-11
Tel: +229-985-679-87

You will contact with your full info where your ATM-card will be delivered to

(1) Full Name:..........
(2) Mobile Number:.............
(3) Country of origin:......................
(4) Your Current delivery address:................
(5) YOUR Identification Card/Driver's License:..............................

Urgent get back to us today with your full address where your ATM-Card will be delivered to you because I will not be in the office next week;
The amount in your ATM-Card is US$ 2.500, 000.00 Million and your Pin code is-(8116)

Best Regards,
Mr. Douglas Green
United Nation Head Quarter Dept Reconciliation Committee

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