419 scam: "THOMAS YAYI BONI"<africanunion7@yahoo.es> Hello Dear

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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:
- "consignment " (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)
- "the diplomat " ("diplomats" who perform deliveries of cash or other valuables to you only exist in 419 scams)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
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.
- dr.amaraessy@yahoo.es (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "THOMAS YAYI BONI" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <africanunion719@yahoo.es>
Date: Wed, 4 Sep 2013 17:34:04 +0800
Subject: Hello Dear

Hello Dear

I wish to inform you as the chairman African Union organization that we have intervene on the problem that you are having in trying to receive your pending fund, and we has met with the United Nation in conjunction with the European union, the World Bank and the IMF to make sure we rectify the problem you are having in trying to receive your outstanding payment as we have been able to dictate the problem through our International Transfer Network System (ITNS) that the amount you are receiving have limit of transfer to individual account without the approval of the international community, that is why you are having all this problems on your payment, and all the people you have been dealing with refuse to let you know only asking you to send money for one thing or the other.

Base on the above, we called an emergency meeting with the board of directors of the above stated offices on your behalf to package your fund as a consignment and deliver to you at your door-step or pay you your fund via ATM inter-switch card pending your choice, without you paying any delivery or clearance charges apart from you paying one thousand eight hundred Dollars only for the International Security Bond and obtain a Delivery Permit of one thousand dollars only totaling two thousand eight hundred dollars only immediately the diplomat arrive in your country to enable all the above stated organization allow the delivery to get to your address without any delay or problem.

Note that you are instructed to stop every dealings you have with any office or person (s) regarding your fund apart from the below stated office that was inaugurated by the African union to handle every foreign debt and make sure people like you receive their fund within 72 hours through this new development without you spending much apart from the above stated amount, So kindly get in contact to our international debt settlement immediately you receive this letter with your complete receiving address and your mobile telephone number by email: dr.amaraessy@yahoo.es and call directly on +233548701050 to speak with Dr. Amara Essy for more detail.

WE ARE HERE TO SERVE YOU BETTER, BUT BE REST ASSURED THAT YOU WILL BE SMILING ONCE YOU COMPLY WITH THE ABOVE DIRECTIVES.

Best Regards,

THOMAS YAYI BONI Chairman, African Union.

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