419 scam: MR AKIM JOHN <www.4901@trad.ocn.ne.jp> ATTENTION

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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:

An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
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:
- "activation 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. )
- "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 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.
- michealjoesph885@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: MR AKIM JOHN <www.4901@trad.ocn.ne.jp>
Reply-To: MR AKIM JOHN <atmcard2o@yahoo.com>
Date: Tue, 13 Jun 2017 10:33:53 +0900 (JST)
Subject: ATTENTION

This is to bring to your notice that because of the impossibility of

your fund transfer through the western union network,i have

credited your total sum of $1,50million valid fund into an ATM

card and I have paid the re-activation fee and the delivery of the

ATM CARD To you, I paid it because the ATM CARD worth of

$1,50million which I have registered for delivery last week has

less than 16 days to expire in the custody of the FedEx Company

and when it expires, the money will go into Federal Government

treasury account.

With that i decided to help you pay off the money so that the

ATM card will not expire, because I trust that when you receive

your ATM card definitely you must pay me back my money and

even compensate me for helping you. I was calling the

telephone number you provided then,but unavailable to confirm

if you still living in your formal address for the registration of the

ATM card.

Like I stated earlier, the crediting re-activation, delivery and the

company registration charges has been paid by me, but i did not

pay their official keeping fees since they refused, they refused

and the reason is that they do not know when you are going to

contact them and the demur rage might have increased by then,

They told me that their keeping fees is $580 per day, and i

deposited it last week being june,2017:

Below is the Contact Information of the FedEx, Express Customer
Service Director Mr.micheal joseph, Email Address on

(michealjoesph885@yahoo.com) Contact them today and also

send them the
security official keeping charge to avoid increase of their fees

and
let us know once you receive your ATM card
use this information to send the fee to western union or money

gram
Receiver Name : phillip usman
Country Benin Republic
City- cotonu
AMOUNT $580
Sender Name and Mtcn ......

Send us the following payment information once you send the

money.

1 Sender's name ................
2 MTCN ..............

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