419 scam: "Dr.David Mathew" <"www."@lily.ocn.ne.jp> Attention dear customer,

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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. )
- "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. )
- "00,000.00" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
- "you are advice to " (this email uses bad English)
- "united state dollar" (this email uses bad English)
- "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.
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.
- +22962150372 (Benin, probably a prepaid mobile phone)

Fraud email example:

From: "Dr.David Mathew" <"www."@lily.ocn.ne.jp>
Reply-To: "Dr.David Mathew" <dr.davidmathew009@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 28 Jul 2017 01:43:47 +0900 (JST)
Subject: Attention dear customer,

INT'L. OFFICE BENIN REPUBLIC
FOR RENT. BPH141 STREET KINGSTON
AVENUE COTONOU BENIN.
TEL +22962150372
REF: MT89TQ
ISSUED DATE: 18/05/2017

Attention dear customer,

I am Dr.David Mathew, department director Benin republic Cotonou. We wish to acknowledge the receipt of your email in this money gram office and the content is well noted, please friend you are advice to go through this email carefully and make sure you read this note and understand it before you comply with the contents okay.

We was instruction to send your Funds to your address in your City money gram Money Transfer Office from here in Benin Republic Office money gram Money Transfer by IMF international monetary fund and you will be receiving $8,000.00 United State Dollar per day until you receive all your total payment which is the sum of ( $4.800,000.00) Four million Eight hundred thousand United State Dollar as scheduled in our Office here.

With all due respect your funds under this office will be release to you as it was written in your transferring file in as much as you pay the needed payment of $79 for the transferring charges of your total funds since the transferring charge of $79 will not be deducted from your total as programmed by the Ministry of Finance and all the money gram Money Transfer of the world Bank, IMF/UNO.

Again i want you to know that this is a legitimate transfer and that is why you need to send the transfer charge at this money gram Money Transfer so that you will be receiving your Fund without any delay or problem. The cost of the transfer charge of your file payment which was deposited at this money gram in your name is $79 United State Dollar only.

Note: the reason why we need you to send us the $79usd only, is that we tried to deduct the transfer charge fee out from your fund but the minister administrator trust fund of Benin republic told us that no one has access over your fund as it have been signed and stamped that no money should be deducted until it gets to you to avoid any misunderstanding because if any one has access to that it will involve you loosing your fund, no one has to be trust

Once again note that there is nothing like any deceiving in this transfer of your Fund and be informed that the amount which you will be receiving each day is $8,000.00 once you send the $79 for the transfer charge of your payment file today.

Be rest assure that as soon you send the $79 for transfer charge of your file payment we must start transferring your Fund to you through this money gram Money transfer department without any further delay and this is the only fee you have to pay in this transaction as it was written down already by the Federal Government of this Country that mapped out the compensation for you.

Your first-payment of $8,000, has been made this morning being 18/05/2017 so you are required as a matter of urgency to send the transfer charge of $79 immediately you receive this email now, so that the $8,000.00usd being sent to you will be available in any parts of M / G Office you go in your Country today and you will pick it up immediately today without any delay or problem.

We are assuring you that there is no fee in future again and if there is we will bear the cost of the fee. So you have to take me by my words. This is the information you will use to send the $79 for this department to release your Fund today.

Here is the information to send the fee through Money Gram / money gram with this information's bellow.

Receivers Name........................ JOHN NWA
Country ......................... Republic of Benin
City....................... COTONOU
Test Question ........................ year
Answer .............................. 2017
Amount ........................ $79
Money Transfer Control Number .......................(M.T.C.N)
SENDER'S NAME ....................

Payment should be sent with the below information today and you are advice to made the payment through Money Gram Money Transfer or Money Gram use our bank cashier name (JOHN NWA)
in sending the fee to us.Thank you

Your urgent email is highly needed once you get this email.

and contack with your full detail

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