419 scam: "Mrs Evelyn Richard," <michel.williams23@yahoo.com> GOOD NEWS TO YOU/CONFIRM THE RECEIPT IMMEDIATELY.

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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:
- "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. )
- "moneygram" (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. )
- "mtcn" (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. )
- "million united states dollars" (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)
- "hundred thousand united state dollars" (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 advise 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 fake lottery scam. Consider the following facts about real lotteries:
1. They don't notify winners by email.
2. You can't win without first buying a lottery ticket.
3. They don't randomly select email addresses to award prizes to.
4. They don't use free email accounts (Yahoo, Hotmail, etc) to communicate with you.
5. They don't tell you to call a mobile phone number.
6. They don't tell you to keep your winnings secret.
7. They will never ask a winner to pay any fees to receive a prize!
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.
MoneyGram money transfer is completely untraceable and therefore is *not* safe to use with anyone you do not know personally. Along with Western Union it is a preferred method of online criminals to collect money from their victims.
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.
- 2343
- +22969451242 (Benin, probably a prepaid mobile phone)

Fraud email example:

From: "Mrs Evelyn Richard," <michel.williams23@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: "Mrs Evelyn Richard," <officefg1@yeah.net>
Date: Thu, 29 Mar 2018 14:54:13 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: GOOD NEWS TO YOU/CONFIRM THE RECEIPT IMMEDIATELY.

Money GramÂ® agent location Address: 2343 central Akpakpa Dodome Cotonou, Benin 01 BP 2020. C 266 Segbeya Cotonou Cotonou, Benin 01 BP 2020
+229-69-45-1242

Dear Customer,

Breaking News,2018/ We Welcome you to our world of promotion Money Gram Board Award Group, meanwhile this is to inform you that you have won a prize SUM of US$1,500.000.00 one million Five Hundred Thousand United state dollars for the year 2018 MONEY GRAM BOARD AWARD PROMOTION Worldwide.

This was an Email draw promotion which was held in west Africa/Asia/South Africa/and Europe/ The MONEY GRAM BOARD AWARD Group is sponsored by Chevron oil and Gas Company and others from unconventional oil resources and other international companies. The Money Gram Email draw is held to encourage you and others to play and promote Email users.

All participant were selected randomly through a computer ballot system of different Email users over 100,0000 Unions and corporate bodies that are listed all over the world and your Email ID happens to be among the lucky 900 Email ID selected by our Money Gram Board Award machine system from over 1 Millions Emails that was used for the contest, this is how you won the Money Gram prize.OF One Million Five Hundred Thousand Dollars,

Your winnings sum will be paid installment with sums of US$4,500.00 dollars which will be sent to you in every Seven Hours (7hours) until the funds is completely paid to you, this is as a result that US$4,500.00 dollars is the maximum limit our Money Gram payment Department can send per transaction, we are legally allowed to pay you till receive your winnings fund worth of $1.5 Million United States Dollars USD.

The Following is the Money Gram Reference Number (REF) for your First payment of $4,500 dollars, You can Track your available Fund below to See it Online with sender's last names and (Ref) No.

Tracking Number: (REF):42671689
Senders last name: clem
https://secure.moneygram.com/track

Note that the above has not been activated for you to pick up the funds because your Name has not yet been activated to pick up the funds until you fulfill the necessary obligation, otherwise to enable us activate your payment immediately you would be required to pay activation charge of US$68 dollars, Listen be informed that this charge can not be deducted from your account because it is bonded and has been programmed till your final payment.

Moreover you can send the activated fee of US$68 dollars to our Money gram payment agent below as soon as it's done. Upon the receipt of the US$68, dollars your programmed transaction will be activated and you would enable you start receiving your winnings funds today in US$4,500 installments.

Be inform that you can not be able to pick up your first payment until you send the $68 being the activated of your payment file so you are advise to go straight to any Money Gram Ria or western union office and send the $68 with the below information.

Receiver's Name-Jimy Amac
Country ... Benin Republic
City .... Cotonou
Amount .... $68
Control No# (MTCN) .....
Sender's Name .......
Address: 2343 central Akpakpa Dodome Cotonou Benin republic,

Immediately she receives the payment, our Money gram payment Department shall activate your programmed transaction to enable you receive your first installment payment of $4,500 immediately.

These are your identification Numbers:
Ticket Number: 011425896/2018
Serial Number: 3772/406
Lucky Numbers:7/5/800/22/01/40

Please Note: this Tracking # (MTCN):(42671689 ) should be kept very safe and secret for your own security, to avoid someone else tempering with you funds. Note if you don,t have the activation charge $68 don,t respond to this email be warned.

Money gram P R O
Mrs Evelyn Richard,
We congratulate you in Advance.Winnings Claims Bonanza Department Money gram Transfer Office.
NOTE: If you received this message in your SPAM/BULK folder that is because of the restrictions implemented by your Internet Service Provider we the (Money Gram Bureau of Investigation) urge you to treat it genuinely.

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