419 scam: "Mr. Jeffrey Humphrey"<info@giga.ocn.ne.jp> DID YOU AUTHORIZED MRS MARIA BENSON TO CLAIM YOUR FUND?

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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:
- "clearance 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. )
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.

Fraud email example:

From: "Mr. Jeffrey Humphrey" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <officedesk915@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 7 Sep 2017 09:18:58 -0700
Subject: DID YOU AUTHORIZED MRS MARIA BENSON TO CLAIM YOUR FUND?

Dear Esteemed Customer

This is to bring to your notice that we are delegated from United

Nations to Bank Central Asia (BCA) to pay 16 scam victims US$950,000.00

(Nine hundred and fifty thousand dollars) to each. We got your name and

email address through our data base, your name has been listed and

approved for this payment as one of the scammed victims to be paid above

amount via Telegraphic Wire Transfer OR ATM Master Card. Kindly respond

to this mail as soon as possible for immediate transfer/delivery of your

compensations funds.

This morning Mrs. Maria Benson who declared that he is your next-of-kin

submitted this account details Bank of America, Account No:

233012734259,Routing No: 011024389,Swift Code BOTAWS7N, address 13810

Oakview Cove San Antonio TX 78245 that you authorized her to claim your

fund.

Right now, as directed by our secretary general Ant?nio Guterres, We are

working in collaborations with the Financial Crime Commission, we have

decided to waive away all your clearance fees/Charges and authorize the

Bank Central Asia (BCA) to effect the payment of compensation payment

approved by United Nations (UN) & International Monetary Fund (IMF) into

your bank account or via ATM MASTER CARD without any delay. Bear it in

mind that the only fee you will pay to confirm your fund in your account

or ATM MASTER CARD is your Notarization fee which will cost you $480 and

that is the only fee which you have to pay to receive your fund that

worth $950,000.00 (Nine hundred and fifty thousand dollars).

Kindly respond back to this mail if you know that you did not instruct

Mrs. Maria Benson to claim your compensation fund and also indicate how

you want to receive your fund because we have two mode of payment by

Telegraphic Wire Transfer and ATM Master Card. I will send you the

information which you will use in sending the Notarization fee of $480

via Western Union or Money Gram.

Regards

Mr. Jeffrey Humphrey

United Nations Representative

Asian Regional Payment Office

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