419 scam: "afrikoneymcoordinator@gmail.com" <afrikoneymcoordinator@gmail.com> A Division of financial Service provider.

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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:
- "dear sir/madam" (a standard Nigerian greeting phrase)
- "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. )
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!
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.
- lottosponso@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "afrikoneymcoordinator@gmail.com" <afrikoneymcoordinator@gmail.com>
Reply-To: lottosponso@gmail.com
Date: Thu, 28 Aug 2014 10:09:14 +0100
Subject: A Division of financial Service provider.

YOUâ€™RE WINNING FILENUMBER/SA/.

A Division of financial Service provider.

Dear Sir/Madam

We are making our Charity bonanza of year 2014; we rolled out over
16, 000, 000, 00 (Sixteen Million Euro) for our 158th Anniversary
draws. All participants were selected through computer ballot system
drawn from 25,000,00 company email address, and 30,000,00 individual
email address from over 40 networks from Australia, new Zealand, North
America, South America Europe, all Asia and Africa as part of
International promotion held in Burkina Faso
Ouagadougou.

We officially Announce to you that your email address has just Won the
sum of 600, 000, 00 (Six Hundred Thousand Euro) to begin the
verification process of your prize; you are required to forward your
bank account details to the transferring manager.

The Claim Transferring Agent Contact Details as Fellow:

Name: Mrs Sara Wattara,
Email: (lottosponso@gmail.com)
Telephone: +226 70 13 87 83.

You should establish contact with redeeming transferring manager via
email or telephone with the particulars presented bellow for immediate
payment to your bank account; please remember to quote your winning
file number and your winning transferring identification code in your
correspondence to him.

1. Your Ã‘ame: ====================================
2. Country:=============================================
3. Your Home Address: ====================================
4. Your Mobile Telephone Number:==========================
5. Date of Birth:=======================================
6. Occupation:==========================================
7. Sex: ================================================

You will be contacted by western union transferring manager in the
nest 24hours as soon as you forwarded your required information to him
for the transfer.

Save time, send money, earn rewards! Western Union is a service people trust.

ANNIVERSARY DAY:
YOUR WINNING TRASFER IDENTIFICATION CODE WUNT/768/

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