419 scam: Customers care <okeyika005_offsure@yahoo.com> Re:Dear Customer Please contact Western Union for your first 5000 Usd Asap.

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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:
- "clearance 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. )
- "tax clearance" (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. )
- "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)
- "you are advice to " (this email uses bad English)
- "tax clearance" (Tax offices mentioned in 419 scams are always fake. Even after you pay their fake tax demands you will still not receive the non-existent funds you have been promised. )
- "customercare48h@hosanna.net" (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.
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 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.
- +22998322873 (Benin, probably a prepaid mobile phone)

Fraud email example:

From: Customers care <okeyika005_offsure@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: customercare48h@hosanna.net
Date: Mon, 4 Oct 2010 17:09:09 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: Re:Dear Customer Please contact Western Union for your first 5000 Usd Asap.

Attn Beneficiary:

YOU ARE WELCOME TO WESTERN UNION MONEY TRANSFER UNIT.

This is to inform you that the Federal Ministry Of Finance here in Benin Rep. have finalise and prove that your inheritance/Compesation Fund valued of $700,000.00 US DOLLAR can only transfer to you as fast as possible through WESTERN UNION MONEY TRANSFER here in benin republic and you should been receiving your payment by $5000.00 Per Day through WESTERN UNION MONEY TRANSFER as soon as you contact the Customers Care units, here in Benin Republic.

Hope you are fine today my dear, we have been given the mandate to transfer your full inheritance/Compesation payment total sum of USD700 000 00, via western union by this Governemnt.

Note: that you should be receiving $5000.00 usd only per a day, And here is the MTCN No:....7763520440, and sender's name : Anne Lehmans of the 5000usd, track it now at. www.westernunion.com on your computer, but you can't picked it up because you did not pay for the Tax Clearance,just for you to know their is money for you, so you are advice to contact the WESTERN UNION MONEY TRANSFER operator Dr. Ben Koswell. Right now, contact him and Re-confirm your information to him so that he will start transfering your payment to you because the (IMF) has finaly approve your transfer legal.

Western union Agent: Dr. Ben Koswell
contact e-mail is ( customercare48h@hosanna.net )
Tel Phone Number : +229-983-22-873
Fax No: +229 0983-22-873
And also here is the informations you need to send to him,

(1)Your receiver name:::::::::::::::::::
(2)Your country:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
(3) Your city:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
(4) Text Qestion::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
(5) Text answer:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
(6)Your telphone number::::::::::::::::
(7)Passport Number ::::::::::::::::::::::

But you will frist paid the Tax Clearance fee of $76, Before processing your payment and make sure that you recorfrim your full informations again with your telephone number to avoid rung transfer ok. pls contact them ASAP for the immediat transfering of your payment. call Dr. Ben Koswell, TEL:+229-983-22-873. for their immediat attention with your transfer. So make sure you call them as you send them mail.

Thanks and GOD Bless you.

Yours in Service

Ms Joy Godwin.

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