419 scam: Mrs Maly Jorani <barristerrobertben01@gmail.com> URGENT DOCUMENT

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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.

Fraud email example:

From: Mrs Maly Jorani <barristerrobertben01@gmail.com>
Reply-To: Mrs Maly Jorani <unionwins12@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 20 Oct 2015 03:43:37 +0900 (JST)
Subject: URGENT DOCUMENT

Hello My Dear Winner,

I have contacted you because I have sent you the first transfer of your
wining fund sum of $5000.00 from your winning total amount sum of $3.
5MillionUSD, therefore you need to contact our Western Union agent Dr. Heng Leap,
western union the Manager to give you the transfer payment information and
MTCN to enable you start picking-up your transfer in any Western Union in
your city.

Contact Western Union Agent: Dr. Heng Leap
Telephone;+8558124375

Urgently Contact him to avoid cancelling your wining fund, so try to contact
him immediately today for him to forward the MTCN information to you,
indicate the Wining Number registration code of EB-2520 to him, when
contacting or calling him +8558124375
He will be sending you $5000. 00 daily as per our bank discussion with him.

Do get in touch with me once you have received your money complete.
Sinc erely,

Mrs Maly Jorani

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