419 scam: "RIA MONEY TRANSFER"<<>> Your First Payment Of $5,000 Is Available For You To Pick-up.

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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. )
- "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.
- +229 (Benin, probably a prepaid mobile phone)
This email lists free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
- mtransfer@yahoo.com (Yahoo; can be used from anywhere worldwide)

Fraud email example:

From: "RIA MONEY TRANSFER" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <mtransfer@yahoo.com>
Date: Wed, 1 Mar 2017 19:12:41 +0100
Subject: Your First Payment Of $5,000 Is Available For You To Pick-up.

Dear customer

Your First Payment Of $5,000 Is Available For You To Pick-up.

This is to inform you that the America Embassy here in Benin in conjunction
with Global Economic Recovery programs (GERP) USA and Economic Community of
West-African States has instructed to transfer the sum of US$9,500.000.00,
compensating all the SCAM VICTIMS and your email was found as one of the
VICTIMS, By America security leading team and America representative officers
so for your information the maximum amount you will be receiving starting from
today is $5000 USD in Seven(7) different payments in a day till your total
funds of US$9,500.000.00, is complete transferred to you and we have been
instructed to send you the first payment of $5000 USD today through our payment
system.

Be informed that the sum of Three thousand dollars $5000.00USD has already been
sent to you via our Ria money Transfer office as we have been given the mandate
to transfer your full overdue payment, a total sum of US$9,500.000.00, via the
Ria money Transfer by the Ministry of Finance. I am contacting you to give you
the necessary information to enable you pick up your funds as programmed, so
Below here is your transfer information Copy the link to confirm.

As you know already that we will be sending you $5000.00 only per day until the
total amount is fully transferred to you and it was agreed that you are to pay
a total sum of $95.00 for renewing your transfer file so that the Payment will
be in your Name before you are enabled to pick up your first payment at any
agent location, do take note of this, that you are to pay the $95.00 before
Going to any Ria money Transfer office in your location to pick up the $5000.00
which is currently active as soon as you get this mail as the only Operation
Manager in charge of your payment,

contact me once you confirm the $5000.00USD Active today.

Below is the Ria money Transfer information to pick up the $5000.00USD which
you will be receiving daily after you send $95.00 in this office for the
renewing of your file for the payment to be in your name Ok .NOTE: That you
cannot pick up these funds without Renewing your file for the payment to be in
your NAME because you cannot pick this money with this Name. Information to
pick up your first payment of $5000 is listed below so make sure you get the
needed $95 dollars send and your payment will be Available in your NAME.

Your payment is ready to pick up at any agent location but you can't do that
without changing the payment to your name and it will cost you only $95.00 I
will be waiting to hear from you with the transfer payment of $95.00 today, and
you are to make use Ria money Transfer, Money Gram or western union
information below to send the $95 today.

RECEIVER' NAME: EMMANUEL UDEKWE
COUNTRY: BENIN REPUBLIC
ZIP CODE: +229
CITY: PORTO-NOVO
QUESTION: WHEN?
ANSWER: SOON
AMOUNT; $95.00
MTCN NUMBER..
SENDER'S NAME..
TELEPHONE...

Regards
MR ANTHONY WILLIAMS
E-MAIL;(mtransfer@yahoo.com)
Ria money Transfer
Tell: +22999082769

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