419 scam: "Mr.Patrick Muller Jr" <jevizuemmanuel@gmail.com> Dear Esteemed /

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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:
- "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. )
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.
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.
- +22998142735 (Benin, probably a prepaid mobile phone)

Fraud email example:

From: "Mr.Patrick Muller Jr" <jevizuemmanuel@gmail.com>
Reply-To: "Mr.Patrick Muller Jr" <wmoneytransfer8@aol.com>
Date: Fri, 19 Jun 2015 17:33:46 +0900 (JST)
Subject: Dear Esteemed /

Dear Esteemed /

The message coming directly to you from Western Union Head Office, Benin Republic, and we wish to use this medium Resolution towards the scams victims compensation fund USD$4, 800, 000, 00, raised by International Monetary Fund, while all the investigation Western Union Head Office did, 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 still available in your favor hereby in Western Union Head Office MTCNREF#898-838-7739 / MTCNREF#393-883-5511, for your more notification, I am hereby try to gives you the best service of Western Union,moreover, be inform that all details information, concerning below fund worth US$4,800,000,00,has been registered, to release directly to any of your nearest Western Union Office around you.

Sequel avoid more delay, we the members of Western Union Head Office, would release you the rest information such as sender's name, question and answer, but before we can gives Western Union Office instruction to release those MTCNREF# to your area, you need to send total sum of US$38,in order to use it signed your Authorization Activation Claim,furthermore,the total amount you should be receiving per a day is US$10,000,00,each MTCNREF# registered in your name is US$5,000,00,

Please, from the roots of our signature telegram business, we expanded and evolved our services in 1871 to offer electronic money transfer. Today, Western Union offers money order, money transfer, payment and prepaid services. While the telegram is a memory, we continue a long history of connecting people around the corner and around the globe with financial services that are fast, reliable and convenient,however,you would confirmed mentioned MTCNREF#,once total amount $38,00,confirmed into our custody.

I wish you good luck
Mr.Patrick Muller Jr
Contact Customer- Care +229-98-142-735

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