419 scam: "Mrs. Von Leintre" <vonleitre@yahoo.de> Money Transfer Completed With the Balance Transfers Today

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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:

The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "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. )
- "lagos" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
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.

Fraud email example:

From: "Mrs. Von Leintre" <vonleitre@yahoo.de>
Date: Tue, 22 Nov 2011 00:14:12 -0800
Subject: Money Transfer Completed With the Balance Transfers Today

Hi Phillip

Thank you for your email.

These are the details where I send

The monies - Western Union -

Sender: Shirley Khine & Betty Khine

Recipients - Jude Nweke, Eze James, Paul Nwabroacha and Phillip Osondu

Address - F365, Ojodu Main Road ,

Ikeja, Lagos Nigeria

Country - Nigeria

Text Question: What is middle name

Text Answer - Permillia

Amount - $3,500.00 - in Four Transfer = $14,000.00 US Dollars

THE MTCN AND WESTERN UNION SLIPS ARE ALSO ATTACHED= 655 177 3687 & 915 980 8554, 548 973 2214 and 315 532 9537

The Lawyer had requested I send the $14,000.00 US in four installments of $3,500.00 hence the 4 MTCN Numbers.

Has money already been wired through and if so can you tell me when this happened -like the day etc. then the western union for tomorrow is attached as describe

I await you response in due course.

I hope my funds will be transferred without further delay to my account

Kind Regards

Prof Von

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