419 scam: Mr Mike William <davidmanpass@gmail.com> 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:
- "activation 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. )
- "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. )
- "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. )
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 Mike William <davidmanpass@gmail.com>
Reply-To: mikew6435@gmail.com
Date: Mon, 3 Jan 2022 07:40:08 -0800
Subject: Attention

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Attention

This is to inform you that the America Embassy office was instructed
to transfer your fund $4.8 Million U.S Dollars compensating all the
SCAM VICTIMS and your email was found as one of the VICTIMS. by
America security leading team and America representative officers so
between today 11th till January 2022 you will be receiving the sum of
$5000dollars per day. However be informed that we have already sent
the $5,000 dollars this morning to avoid cancellation of your payment,
remain the total sum of $4.8Million.

You have only 48 hours to call this office upon the receipt of this
email the maximum amount you will be receiving per a day starting from
today's $5,000 and the Money Transfer Control Number of today is
below.NOTE; The sent $5,000 is on hold because of the instruction from
IMF office, they asked us to place it on hold by requesting the
(activation fee) in order to fulfill all the necessary obligation to
avoid any hitches while sending you the payment through Western Union
money transfer, the necessary obligation i mean here is to obtain the
(activation fee) and it will cost you $50 only

Below is the information of today use this site
https://www.westernunion.com/ us/en/self-service/app/ track-transfer
to track it with only MTCN to see is On hold until you send the fee of
$50 through itunes card or any type of gift cards in other to release
on hold so that it will be Available on your name to pick it up by any
Western Union in your country,

1)MTCN Number::: 342-398-6721
2)Amount::: $5000.00 USD.
3)Test Question: Color
4)Answer: Blue
5)Amount: $5000.00

We need the below details from you, to enable us place the payment to
your name and transfer the fund to you.

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