419 scam: "Mr. Dome Morison" <dotryww@gmail.com> Greeting: Dear Customer,

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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. )
- "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. )
- "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. )
- "money transfer control number" (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. )
- "inheritance funds" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- "i will advice you " (this email uses bad English)
- "barrister" (Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.)
- "accredited attorney" (Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.)
- "foreign remittance department" (Banks mentioned in 419 scams are always fake (real banks don't communicate using mobile phones or free webmail addresses))
- "cotonou" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.
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.

Fraud email example:

From: "Mr. Dome Morison" <dotryww@gmail.com>
Reply-To: "Mr. Dome Morison" <diamondbankplc626@yahoo.com.hk>
Date: Tue, 22 Sep 2015 01:23:36 +0900 (JST)
Subject: Greeting: Dear Customer,

WELCOME TO DIAMOND BANK PL C, WESTERN UNION MONEY TRANSFER AGENT
DEPARTMENT. FEDERAL BUREAU OF TRANSACTION COTONOU, BENIN REPUBLIC
ADDRESS: 455 AGBOKOU, ANKPA ROAD. OPPOSITE TUNDE MOTORS
COTONOU/.Tel:00229 98781529

Greeting: Dear Customer,

How are you today? Hope all is fine and right with you. Well I am written this email message to inform you that we already issued out those documents to accompany your $8,000 payment daily from our Western Union Foreign Remittance Department as programmed. But the only problem we are having right here is your personal signature which the Federal Administrator of Fund Benin Republic requested that you must sign those documents before we can start Transferring your daily Payment of USD$8,000.00 to you. However, I told the officer in charge that it will not be necessary for you to come down here due to your occupation or some other things that may not allow you to come down here to sign those documents by yourself. The Minister Administrator of Fund said that you should get an attorney to sign on your behalf if you are unable to come down here in person.
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I think this way is the best and the only way forward for you to star receiving your Payment as its programmed, I have negotiated with an attorney who will sign on your behalf. His name is Barrister John Koko, his email, According to him you are to pay for the accredited attorney. He is charging $150.00 to be paid before he gets those documents signed in your favor. I told him to consider signing those documents on your behalf today with a promise that you will pay him back from the first $8,000 payment you suppose to receive today under 1hour and 45minutes that he gets those documents signed on your behalf this morning.

And his response is that you have to pay the accredited attorney fee of $150.00 before signing those documents. Well, I asked him for the very last time if he could allow you pay half of this fee today with a promise that you will pay him the remain balance immediately your First $8,000 payment is been picked up by you today under 1hours and 45minutes after he might has signed the documents on your behalf. After a long talk with him he finally accepted that you should go ahead and pay the half of the fee which is $75.00 through Western Union or Money Gram today. He needs me to ask you if you will be so kind to pay him back the remain $75.00 balance at the western union office once you picked up the $8,000 pay today and I told him that you will pay him. So therefore I hereby write this message to ask you if you will pay his balance immediately you pick up the First $8,000 payment from any Western Union outlet around you.

He wants you to pay half of $75.00 today if you are so kind to pay the balance at the western union office once you picked up the $8,000 payment this morning. But if you are not kind enough to pay his balance after picking the first transfer just do not bother yourself to reply because I wonâ€™t see another attorney here to do this. Here is information for you to pay $75.00 half of his fee through western union or Money Gram today.

You have to hurry up to enable me proceed for the transferring of your total inheritance funds $2.6Mlln USD.
Send the half of the fee $75.00 today via Western Union or Money-Gram;

Receiver's Name:.................. John Ogene
Country:..................... Benin Republic
City:.............................Cotonou
Amount:.......................$75.00
Test Question:...............A
Test Answer:..............B
Sender's Name:............
Money Transfer Control Number:::#

DO FORWARD THE PAYMENT INFORMATION ONCE YOU ARE DONE WITH THE PAYMENT SUCH AS SENDERâ€™S NAME / MONEY TRANSFER CONTROL NUMBER ALRIGHT, YOU CAN ALSO CALL ME ON THIS NUMBER:00229-98781529.

The attorney will get those documents signed as soon as he confirms the half of his fee from you. I will advice you to pay him the half of $75.00 and let him sign the documents and you will then pay the other balance of $75.00 immediately you have confirmed and picked up your First Pay out USD$8,000.00 from the same Western Union Office OK.

We look forward to your email response along with the Payment Information.

Mr. Dome Morison (General Director)
Western Union Management COTONOU-Benin
Direct Hotline:00229-98781529
Diamond Bank Plc Benin Republic
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