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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:
- "moneygram" (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. )
- "robert mueller" (This name is often mentioned in money recovery scams (re-scam): the real FBI will not tell you to contact some email address. If you are in any doubt, contact an FBI field office via www.fbi.gov. )
- "cotonou" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
This email message is a fake lottery scam. Consider the following facts about real lotteries:
1. They don't notify winners by email.
2. You can't win without first buying a lottery ticket.
3. They don't randomly select email addresses to award prizes to.
4. They don't use free email accounts (Yahoo, Hotmail, etc) to communicate with you.
5. They don't tell you to call a mobile phone number.
6. They don't tell you to keep your winnings secret.
7. They will never ask a winner to pay any fees to receive a prize!
MoneyGram money transfer is completely untraceable and therefore is *not* safe to use with anyone you do not know personally. Along with Western Union it is a 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.
- +22967194492 (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.
- infos.moneygram77@yahoo.com.hk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Federal Bureau of Investigation <headqwubp20@gmail.com>
Reply-To: infos.moneygram77@yahoo.com.hk
Date: Wed, 4 Sep 2013 10:37:01 +0100
Subject: Federal Bureau of Investigation F B I

Anti-Terrorist And Monetary Crimes Division
FBI Headquarters, Washington, D.C.
Federal Bureau Of Investigation
J.Edgar Hoover Building
935 Pennsylvania Avenue, Nw Washington, D.C. 20535-0001
www.fbi.gov

Attn: Benefciary.

How are you today as well as your family? This e-mail has been issued
to you in order to Officially inform you that we have completed an
investigation on an International Payment in which was issued to you
by an International Lottery Company. With the help of our newly
developed technology (International Monitoring Network System) we
discovered that your e-mail address was automatically selected by an
Online Balloting System, this has legally won you the sum of $2.8
million USD from a Lottery Company outside the United States of
America. During our investigation we discovered that your e-mail won
the money from an Online Balloting System and we have authorized this
winning to be paid to you via MONEY GRAM MONEY TRANSFER under Eco
Bank P.L.C Republic, it is under control of Mrs. Maureen Onyeocha, The
Money Gram General Manager and I told him that you will contact him
with your full information where he will be transferring your money on
daily basis at rate of US$5,000.00 per a day until the total sum of
US$2.800, 000.00 is completely received by you.

(1) Renew file fee ( Renovation file of your fund )
(3) Transfer Fee ( This is the charge for transferring your daily
payment of $5,000.00 to your address)

The total amount for everything is $36.00 We have tried our possible
best to indicate that this $36.00 should be deducted from your winning
prize but we found out that the funds have already been deposited to
Money Gram and cannot be accessed by anyone apart from you the winner,
therefore you will be required to pay the required fee's to the Agent
in-charge of this transaction.

We have completed this investigation and you are hereby approved to
receive the winning prize as we have verified the entire transaction
to be Safe and 100% risk free, due to the fact that the funds have
been deposited with Money Gram under Capital city Bank you will be
required to settle the following bills directly to the Lottery Agent
in-charge of this transaction whom is located in Cotonou, Benin
Republic. According to our discoveries, you were required to pay for
the following,

Note: that you can only be required to pay them sum of $36.00 only for
their transfer charge fee before they will start sending your daily
payment of $5000.00 per a day ,Besides, my dear, these are the
opportunity for you and you have to comply and your funds shall be
transferred to your designated address. But remember that after ( four
4 days) if you did not make the payment then we will divert your funds
to Government Fund, to avoid problem or we will cancel the transfer
asfor now until next year because this year is not like last year. So,
contact the Money Gram director with below information listed and
co-operate in good manner with him to enable the bank help you out get
your wining fund.

Contact Person: Mrs. Maureen Onyeocha,The Money Gram Manager.
Contact Phone#: +229 67194492 Contact E-mail:( infos.moneygram77@yahoo.com.hk )

Go to Money Gram and sent to them the $36.00 only through this
Information below,

1.RECEIVER NAME: .....HYACINTH AMEKE IGWEBUDU.
2.COUNTRY: .......BENIN REPUBLIC
3.CITY: .........COTONOU
4.QUESTION: ...Who Send?
5.ANSWER: ....Me
6.AMOUNT TO SENT ..$36
7.MTCN#..............................
8.SENDERS............................

These are the information you have to fill and send to them.
Full Name.............
Country..............
City................
Occupation........
Age.................
Phone number.......
Copy of your ID..........

You can contact them with above required information so that they will
send your payment direct to you with your correct address. Hope to
hear from you as soon as you got all your total funds of $2.8m from
the Money Gram department.

Thanks for your patience.

Mr. Robert Mueller
Federal Bureau of Investigation F B I
Yours in Service,Photograph of Director
Robert S. Mueller, IIIRobert S. Mueller,
III Director Office of Public Affairs

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