419 scam: Mr Bankole Williams <menejment@qmii.uz> GOOD MORNING TO YOU

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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. )
- "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. )
- "cotonou" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
- "federal republic of benin" (Benin, Cameroon, etc. are no Federal Republics, unlike Nigeria where this type of scam was invented)
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.
- +22968584286 (Benin, probably a prepaid mobile phone)

Fraud email example:

From: Mr Bankole Williams <menejment@qmii.uz>
Reply-To: <moneytransfer2008@waterquan.com>
Date: Tue, 22 Dec 2015 13:23:22 +0100
Subject: GOOD MORNING TO YOU

--
This is to bring to your notice that after the meeting held by the
board ministry of trustee together with the federal ministry of finance
Benin republic, your fund has been approved due to the instruction from
the president of the federal republic of Benin Dr. Boni Yayi, Mr.
president has give the mandate to release all the pending compensation
fund that has not been released so far in which you are among of the
beneficiary.

The compensation fund is $4.8Million usd was awarded earlier 19th of
December 2015, we discovered that you have been having hard time in the
system of receiving the fund but still no luck yet, we also understood
that you have made so much down payment to this country Benin republic
but you were dealing with the wrong people.

Today dated 23 th December 2015, your fund is now under the custody of
the ministry of finance Benin republic because we want to handle
everything financially this time in other to make sure that nobody was
scammed and no wrong payment is made, note that we don't want what
happened in the time past to repeat again and that is why we are taking
charge of everything concerning your compensation fund.

It is my pleasure to tell you that we have to open another new payment
file for you and everything will be documented in our office here with
the help and instructions from the ministry of finance and the opening
of the new payment file with our office profile will cost you the only
money you have to spend in this matter in which the amount is $45.00
only.

You are advised to go and send the needed $45.00 through western union
with the information below.

Receiver name=====MIKE ONWA
Country is==== Benin republic
City is===== Cotonou
Test question is==== who made you?
Answer is==== God the Father
Sender name is required=======
Money transfer control number (mtcn) is needed======
My best regards,
Mr Bankole Williams
Finance Minister Benin republic
Call me now with this Phone +229 68584286

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