419 scam: "Prof.Soulemama Lawani" <consultoffice228@gmail.com> Government Regulatory Body

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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. )
- "processing fee" (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. )
- "chambers" (Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.)
- "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.
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.
- +22968322980 (Benin, probably a prepaid mobile phone)

Fraud email example:

From: "Prof.Soulemama Lawani" <consultoffice228@gmail.com>
Reply-To: "Prof.Soulemama Lawani" <soulemana.lawani@yahoo.fr>
Date: Sat, 28 Nov 2015 21:01:13 +0900 (JST)
Subject: Government Regulatory Body

FEDERAL MINISTRY OF FINANCE
NATIONAL HOUSE OF ASSEMBLY COMPLEX
SENATE HOUSE - UPPER CHAMBERS WUSE DISTRICT, COTONOU BENIN
Our Ref: FGN / SNT / STB

I have to inform you again that we are not playing over this, I know my reason for the continuous sending of this notification to you. The fact is that you cannot seem to trust any one again over this payment for what you have encountered in many months ago. But I want you to trust me, I can not scam you for $49 it is for bank processing of your payment which was clearly written to you before. I did not invent the bill to defraud you of $49 it is an official bank payment processing fee and the good part of this is that you will never ever be disturbed again over any kind of payment.

This is final, and the form from there becomes effective once we submit your payment application processing fee and pay the form fee of $49. I do not want you to loose this fund this time, because you may never get another such good opportunity. The federal government is keen and very determined to pay your overdue debts, this is not a fluke I would not want you to loose this fund out of ignorance. I will send you all the documents as soon as bank payment administrative fee is paid, you have to trust me that you will get your fund, find a way to get $49 you will not loose it, instead it will bring your financial breakthrough.

Find the money and send it to our bursary. The reason why am sending you this is because I want you to receive your USD $2.5M immediately, we are trying to round up for this payment program. Here is the Payment information to send the $49 through Western Union. Finally my advice to you is not to abandon this transaction because of the requirement of ($49).

Receivers Name: NDIVE IFECHI
Country: BENIN REPUBLIC
City :: COTONOU
Test Question: REFERENCE CODE?
Answer: 17
MTCN __ ($49)

Send all the details of the MTCN direct to Email, Please do provide the above information accurately, because this office can not afford to be held liable for any wrong transfer of funds or liability of funds credited into a ghost account.

{1}. Your Full Name and Address ...........
{2}. Your Confidential Tel or Cell No..........
{3). Your Bank name and address ...........
. {4) Your A / c Name and A / c Numbers:. ......
(5). Your Swift Code / Routing Numbers ....

Thanks for your understanding while we look forward to serving you with the best of our service.
Yours in service,
Prof. Soulemama Lawani
CALL +229-68-32-29-80.

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