419 scam: Fund Owner <"WWW."@energy.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:

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:
- "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.

Fraud email example:

From: Fund Owner <"WWW."@energy.ocn.ne.jp>
Reply-To: Fund Owner <moneygraminternationaltansfer@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 20 Sep 2017 02:05:28 +0900 (JST)
Subject: Attention,

Attention,

We are pleased to inform you that today we have successfully sent you $5,000, due to the daily limitation, we shall continue this way until we finally finished sending all your funds $3.5 Million

Sender's name: Ezennia Ike
Reference: 69133972
Text question: Pick up Text
Answer: Today

At the moment the payment is placed at invisible mode because it needs re-activation, And to make sure that there is no mistake, kindly re-confirm the following:

1. Name
2. Address
3. Phone
4. Occupation
5. Country

Note that your payment files will be returned to the IMF within 72 hours if we did not hear from you because this was the instruction given to us by the IMF office here in Benin Rep Cotonou. We will start the transfer as soon as we received your information. You are hereby warned not to communicate or duplicate this message for any reason what so ever because the US FBI is already on trace of the criminals from Africa.

Best regards,
Mr. Kenneth Newton

Anti-fraud resources:

What can you do when you receive 419 spam