419 scam: "Dr.Mark A. White." <"www."@cronos.ocn.ne.jp> Attention owner,

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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:
- "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. )
- "your urgent reply" (scammers rush victims so they don't have time to think properly)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: "Dr.Mark A. White." <"www."@cronos.ocn.ne.jp>
Reply-To: "Dr.Mark A. White." <westernunionoffice20@yahoo.com>
Date: Sun, 23 Jul 2017 04:52:27 +0900 (JST)
Subject: Attention owner,

Attention owner,

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is compensating all the scam victims and your email address was found in the scam victim's list. This money gram office has been mandated by the IMF to transfer your compensation to you via money gram sevice Money Transfer.

However, we have concluded to affect your own payment through money gram sevice Money Transfer, $6,000 twice daily until the total sum of $4,7m is completely transferred to you. We can not be able to send the payment with your email address alone; thereby we need your information as to where we will be sending the funds, such as;

Receiver's name:...........
Address:.......Id copy..............
Country:..............
Phone number:............
Your Current E-mail address

Note that your payment files will be returned to the IMF within 48 hours if we did not hear from you, this was the instruction given to us by the IMF. We will start the transfer as soon as we received your information. For urgent inquiry,

Mr Jan Eliasson
call or text +1 289 203 4843,we need your urgent to text us or call for more information to start the transfer with out any much delaying,
Director money gram sevice Money Transfer,
Head Office Benin Republic.
Thanks your urgent reply is highly needed ?

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