419 scam: Barrister Emmanuel Moore <jeerry_lewiseze88@yahoo.dk> SUPREME COURT OF BENIN

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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:
- "activation fee" (this will cost you money - be careful with upfront payments to anyone you only know through email, especially if they promise you a lot of money. NEVER send money by Western Union or MoneyGram to people you do not know personally - NO EXCEPTIONS! Instant wire transfer services are not meant to be used with strangers because they offer no protection against fraud. That is precisely why the criminals want you send money that way. )
- "western union" (this will cost you money - be careful with upfront payments to anyone you only know through email, especially if they promise you a lot of money. NEVER send money by Western Union or MoneyGram to people you do not know personally - NO EXCEPTIONS! Instant wire transfer services are not meant to be used with strangers because they offer no protection against fraud. That is precisely why the criminals want you send money that way. )
- "mtcn" (this will cost you money - be careful with upfront payments to anyone you only know through email, especially if they promise you a lot of money. NEVER send money by Western Union or MoneyGram to people you do not know personally - NO EXCEPTIONS! Instant wire transfer services are not meant to be used with strangers because they offer no protection against fraud. That is precisely why the criminals want you send money that way. )
- "barrister" (Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.)
- "cotonou" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
- "cheque " (Beware of any scheme that involves cashing checks or money orders and then wiring a portion of the funds somewhere - you'll be liable for the entire amount if the checks or money orders turn out to be fake, even after you have received and forwarded cash. If it's a lottery prize, remember that real lotteries do not pay large prizes by check. They wire the money directly to your bank account and you do not pay for that. Many scammers promise a large check only in order to then demand payment of courier fees for a fake courier service. )
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.
Western Union money transfer is completely untraceable and therefore is *not* safe to use with anyone you do not know personally. It is the preferred method of online criminals to collect money from their victims.
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.
- britishhigh50@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Barrister Emmanuel Moore <jeerry_lewiseze88@yahoo.dk>
Reply-To: britishhigh50@yahoo.com
Date: Mon, 31 Jan 2011 12:49:15 +0000 (GMT)
Subject: SUPREME COURT OF BENIN

(SOLICITOR&ADVOCATE)

SUPREME COURT OF BENIN

FINANCIAL ACCREDITED BRITISH High Commission ATTORNEY 01PB737112 RUE RIMAS OFFRUSSIAN AVENUECOTONOU REPUBLIC OF BENIN

EMAIL:::: britishhigh50@yahoo.com

Attn: ,

I am Barrister Emmanuel Moore working under The BRITISH High Commission.

$950.000.00 USD Compensation payment of a scammed victim .

This office write to inform you that we have comfirmed receipt of your message concerning your $950.000.00 USD compensation payment as one of the scam victim , we are doing our best to eliminate scam and crims in the world , We arrested many of those scammers and we are doing some other investigation to arrest others, Our work here is to compensate all the scam victims we have in our list and those names was mention by those scammers we arrested, Your names was mensioned by one of the scammers in the police custody and he is in 21 years imprisonment as a reward for his offence as it was writen in our constitution .

I will like to know if you can afford to come down here to receive your payment without paying for anything , It will cost you nothing to receive your payment if only you can afford to come down here to receive your payment in person , The only required information is your Divers lisence or your international passport if you can appear in person and you will receive your $950.000.00 USD compensation immediately without paying for any fee , With that you dont have to pay for anything , I think that is the best way to pay you because you will pay the activation fee if you will not like to appear in person for your ATM card , We pay either in Bank Cheque or throgh ATM card and you are to choose which type you prefer to receive your payment .

If you can not afford to receive your$950.000.00 USD compensation payment in person then you are adviced to re-comfirm the bellow information for the immediate Wire transfer of your payment to your account :

Home address ................................................

Beneficiary name..................................

Occupation : ............................................

private phone number :.......................

sex :...........................

Amount lost to those scammers : .....................................

Please Note that 32 Beneficiaries has been paid, half of the victims are from the United States and we still have more 18 left to be paid the compensations of $950.000.00 USD each so do not delay to comply with our requirement as we still have other people to pay.

Once again , We are sorry for all the problems you gone through due to those scammers, Instruction was given by BRITISH High Commission to pay $950.000.00 USD to all the list of the scam victims we have here for there compensation for all there troubles, They intructed them to include the amount they spent to those scammers and send all the names and amount you sent to each name so that we will look into it and it will also be paid back accordingly.

Any other information you will provide for the immediate arrest of those scammers that collected your money will be appreciated because BRITISH High Commission and the United nation join hands to fight crimes and scams in this nations inorder to protect other innocent individuals in the world.

Finally, This office write to inform you that you will send the Activation fee to us immediately to enable us activate your ATM CARD and deleiver it to your home address , The activation fee must be paid if you can not afford to come down here to receive your ATM CARD in person, Note that this is in accordance to our international policy which we can never go contrarry to ,The activation fee will cost you $85.00 and you are adviced to send it via Western Union Money transfer with the information as bellow:

Receiver :Mr. Udoji J. Peter

Address : Cotonou, Benin Republic

Text Question : what colour?

Answer : white

Sender : ..............

MTCN : ..........................

We are waiting to receive the activation fee immediately to enable the delivery of your ATM card completed without , Try to send the $85.00 with the information given to you above to enable uscomplete the transaction immediately.For those scammers, We will continue with our investigation to tress down all involve.We await to receive the payment information today.

Yours Faithfully,

Barrister Emmanuel Moore (BDP).

SCAMMED VICTIM/REF/PAYMENTS CODE:228802PC.

EMAIL: britishhigh50@yahoo.com

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