419 scam: "Mr. Roi S. Jalo" <onlymahouna@gmail.com> Re; Re; Your Payment Transfer

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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:
- "account opening" (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. )
- "account opening form" (Banks mentioned in 419 scams are always fake (real banks don't communicate using mobile phones or free webmail addresses))
- "cheque " (Beware of any scheme that involves cashing checks or money orders and then wiring a portion of the funds somewhere - you'll be liable for the entire amount if the checks or money orders turn out to be fake, even after you have received and forwarded cash. If it's a lottery prize, remember that real lotteries do not pay large prizes by check. They wire the money directly to your bank account and you do not pay for that. Many scammers promise a large check only in order to then demand payment of courier fees for a fake courier service. )
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: "Mr. Roi S. Jalo" <onlymahouna@gmail.com>
Reply-To: icbbeni@hotmail.com
Date: Fri, 10 Nov 2017 11:17:54 +0100
Subject: Re; Re; Your Payment Transfer

Hello Dear,

Sequel to the directive from the Ministry of Finance to pay your withheld sum of $1,200,000 USD ATM Card and the cheque fail has been approved to our bank and I am sending this message to you with regards to this payment compesation made to you by an associate which you have fail to claim do to you maybe don't believe in ths process.I am indeed glad to be in contact with you even though this medium of communication (internet) has been grossly abused by criminal minded people making it difficult for people with genuine intention struggle to correspond and exchange views without skepticism.

The funds have been deposited here in our escrow account on your behalf and you need to open your own personal online account with us here, so that it can be credited with your funds for further transfer into any Bank account of your choice if you cannot come down by yourself.The cost to open an online Bank account for a non residential customers is US$150.00 only.

NOTE: The US$150.00 is refundable when ever a customer wishes to close his/her account. Once your online bank account is open, our website and PIN code shall be forward to you, and you shall login to the account to view your account statement before making transfer into any of your choice Bank account worldwide.

Finally, once I hear from you, I shall send the account opening Form to you via attachment which you will print out fill carefully and return immediately as instructed to enable me to give you the receiver's Information which you would use to send the fee.Like I said above I found out that some internet element has abused the legality of this humble letter so in case you may have receive similar letter from those scammer please forward it to us.

Thanks for banking with us!

International Commercial Bank Online transfer department welcomes you.

Yours in Service,
Mr. Roi S. Jalo
Customer Support Care,
INTERNATIONAL COMMERCIAL BANK
BENIN REPUBLIQUE

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