419 scam: Ria Online Banking Transfer <updateservice982@gmail.com> Welcome to Ria Online Banking Transfer Head Office Benin Republic

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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:
- "cotonou" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
- "ria.inter.bank@foxmail.com" (this email address has been used in a known scam)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
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.
- +22998727003 (Benin, probably a prepaid mobile phone)

Fraud email example:

From: Ria Online Banking Transfer <updateservice982@gmail.com>
Reply-To: ria.inter.bank@foxmail.com
Date: Tue, 28 Oct 2014 04:08:05 -0800
Subject: Welcome to Ria Online Banking Transfer Head Office Benin Republic

Dear:Beneficiary

The Ria Online Banking Transfer Head Office Benin Republic, wish to
use this medium Resolution towards the US$10,500, 000, 00,which
discovered by Ria Money Transfer, while all the investigation, which
we did by Ria Money Transfer,through our monitoring network, and we
noticed that you has been sending money to scams internet people,all
the times, upon all the promises they gave to you, none of them gives
you the best service, For more brief and clarification according to
below mentioned fund is available in your favor, for your more
notification, I am hereby try to gives you the best service of Ria
Money Transfer,meanwhile,you need to forward us your full banking
details information,where we can able to transferred below mentioned
fund into,such as-

Your Bank Name_____
Your Bank Address
Account No___
Routing No
Swift Code___
Your Full Name___
Your Full Address__
Tel No_____
Your Drive ID___

For more than 150 years, the familiar signs of Ria Money Transfer have
stood as a trusted symbol for connecting friends, family and
businesses around the World. Known today as an innovator in financial
services, The Ria Money Transfer Company has become an industry leader
in global money transfer with over 410,000 Agent locations in 200
countries and territories,avoid more delay,try forward us the
information as listed,furthermore,you need to send us total sum of
USD$45,00,(Fourty Five United States of America Dollars,to enable us
use it obtain Internal Revenue Service (IRS),from United States of
America (FBI),before you can confirmed below mentioned fund,in case if
you did not have an account,we can also issue you a Visa
Card,finally,use below receiver name information for the USD$45.

RECEIVER NAME :_____JOSEPH CHUKWUEMEKA
ADDRESS : ______RUE,8793,PORTO COTONOU
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN : ______BENIN REPUBLIC
CITY : ______COTONOU
TEST QUESTION:_____OK
ANSWER: _____OK
SENDER.'S NAME:_____

I wish you good luck
Mr. Joseph Scott
Contact Customer- Care +229-98-727-003
E-mail ria.inter.bank@foxmail.com

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