419 scam: "DR. Tony Nnamah" <kjanice97@yahoo.com> YOUR MTCN NUMBER 6340382517

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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:
- "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. )
- "money-gram" (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. )
- "you are advice to " (this email uses bad English)
- "you are advise to" (this email uses bad English)
- "high court" (Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.)
- "cotonou" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
- "federal republic of benin" (Benin, Cameroon, etc. are no Federal Republics, unlike Nigeria where this type of scam was invented)
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 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.
- westernunion13383@yahoo.fr (Yahoo, France; can be used from anywhere worldwide)

Fraud email example:

From: "DR. Tony Nnamah" <kjanice97@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: westernunion13383@yahoo.fr
Date: Thu, 31 Mar 2011 00:50:21 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: YOUR MTCN NUMBER 6340382517

FINAL RELEASE OF YOUR PAYMENT
COMPENSATION FINANCE HOUSE / ATM MASTER CARD,107 PLOT WDEOLA HOPEWELL STREET CO/B/REP, BENIN.
Email. westernunion13383@yahoo.fr .
WEB SITE.www.westernunion.com
TEL:+229 6393228

Urgent Attn: Dear Customer.

, First, I must start by apologists for the delay in response to you and for not contacting you since the beginning of the last month. Please you are advice to go through this email carefully and make sure you understand and ready to comply with the contents before replying to it. this email is coming to you today morning being 7TH .March. 2011 in regards to your fund His Excellence the PRESIDENT OF FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF BENIN DR YAYI BONI. has Instructed this Department to send your funds through Courier-company /Money-Gram remitting office transfer world wide, for easier receive of your inherited funds without any further delay. to avoid paying money to the fraud every day stars that is going on through WORLD.

Since you have not been able to claim your fund that has been with us for a very long time, we have to call back your ATM CARD and make arrangement alternatively to transfer your fund instrumentally through Western-Union Money transfer here today which has been programmed to be transfered under installment at rate of $7000 daily as Western-Union laws here does not allow transferring funds above $7000 at once from this country to another, but we will be sending under installment of $7,000 daily till the amount of $7.5Million usd is completely Paid to you as the beneficiary of the ATM CARD in question.

In other words, We have today transferred your first installment payment($7,000) available for your pickup at any Western-Union office nearest to you, but still on hold due to the unpaid endorsement & daily activation file fee amount of $45.00 only that you are supposed to pay Western-Union Office before your daily transfer will be release available to you today.

You will pickup the bellow installment at any part of Western-Union office nearest to you with bellow information's as soon as you submit the $45 endorsement & daily activation file fee. Once the activation! is made , you can track your first installment payment with the Wester n-Union tracking number MTCN:#: 6340382517 or through the Western-Union global website (https://wumt.westernunion.com/asp/orderStatus.asp?country=global) so as for you to know that the money is available for pick up ( but will not be released your payment of $5.000 Mtcn without the file activation fee of $45 )
We want you to follow your payment code which follow bellow,and wish is given to you by the high court of Benin and the code is (Be678FPN)because this code will ensure you and Alert you in any day you receive a scam e-mail from this country. just forward everything to us we will send it to the Benin presidency office attony to issue out email .

Here is Your Payment information
MTCN;6340382517 (Available For Pick-Up)
First Name: .......Tony
Last Name:.......... Nnamah
Text Question: .......Trust,
Text Answer:............Honest,
Amount: ...........USD 7000.00.
Amount Programmed:........ $7000.00
Contact Email,( westernunion13383@yahoo.fr )
The endorsement & daily activation file fee of $45.00 will be sending to our office here in care to our accountant officer through Western-Uion Transfer nearest to you or You are to send the endorsement activation charges with the information of our accountant officer in Benin Republic below.

Receivers Name: Mr Obiedo Onyeka

Address: 107 plot wdeola Hopewell street co/b/Rep.
Country:---------( Benin Republic )
City-------------cotonou
Amount: .....$45 USD
Text Question: ..........Colour
Answer: ...........Red
MTCN / Reference Number : ...........

As soon as you send the fee, send us the transfer Mtcn /Reference # to help us proceed with immediate transfer activation of your first installment payment.Notice: This preference is being given to you to our good name and also to make sure we get your fund paid to you with no complication of things or delay.

Note: the Activation Fees could not be deducted from the fund in the ATM CARD as we have no access to the fund due to the Fact that it was placed in an screw account.Please submit your Activavtion charges with the name of our accounting officer as given to you and get back to this office with details of your payment for further actions here.To avoid complication of things, you are advise to treat this! payment as urgent as possible so we can proceed with the activation of your first installment so you can get it picked up in any nearest Western-Union Money Transfer outlet near you onetime to avoid any Internet scam hacking of the Mtcn that is given to you above.

Please Note: the total amount that will be paid to you weekly is the sum of : USD $3,5000.00 till the total amount of your ATM CARD fund is completely paid.Treat As Urgent and get back to this office with receipt of your payment for fast procedures here.

Thanking you for your Anticipated Co-operations.
Respectfully Yours.
Contact Person is DR. Tony Nnamah
Western Union Dept ( Benin Republic )
Email.( westernunion13383@yahoo.fr )

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