419 scam: "MISS. SUSAN MENSAH" <moneyman4live9@gmail.com> Attn: Beneficialy.

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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. )
- "00,000.00" (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)
- "dhlcomp014@live.com" (this email address has been used in a known scam)
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.
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.
- +22967241675 (Benin, probably a prepaid mobile phone)

Fraud email example:

From: "MISS. SUSAN MENSAH" <moneyman4live9@gmail.com>
Reply-To: miss.susanmensah34@yahoo.gr
Date: Mon, 6 Jan 2014 02:26:10 -0800
Subject: Attn: Beneficialy.

Attn: Beneficialy.

This is to inform you that because of the impossibility of
your fund transfer through Western Union network,
we have credited your total of $2.6millon valid fund
into an (ATM Card Number 506119102227445160) and I have
paid the re-activation fee and the delivery of the ATM
Card To you,I paid it because the ATM Card worth of
$2,600,000.00 which I have registered it delivery
yesterday has less than Seven days to expire in the
custody of the FEDEX Company and when it expires, the
money will go into Federal Government treasury account.

I paid it because the ATM Card worth of
$2.6millon USD which I have registered it delivery
yesterday has less than Seven days to expire in the
custody of DHL delivery Company and when it expires, the
money will go into Federal Government treasury account.

With that I decided to help you pay off the money so
that the ATM Card will not expire, because I trust that
when you receive your ATM Card definitely you must pay
me back my money and even compensate me for helping you.

Now contact DHL delivery Company at: ( dhlcomp4@live.com )
With your physical address you desire the delivery to be made so
that they can deliver your ATM Card to your designated
address without any delay.

Note: I have paid for the delivery and the company registration charges, but
I did not pay their security keeping charge
of $127. which I wanted to pay them but they said no
because they don't know when you will contact them in
case of demurrage. So you have to pay the security
keeping charge of $127.usd as soon as you contact them.

Below is the Contact Information of the DHL delivery Company
Customer Service Director MR. ERIC MOOR, Email Address
online: ( dhlcomp014@live.com ) Contact, Phone +22967241675
them today and also send them the security official
keeping charge to avoid increase of their fees and let
me know once you receive your ATM Card, Important
Notice, your ATM Card has packaged and registered as Gift package
so that the delivery agent will not know the content of
your package okay.

Your faithfully
Mrs. AzukaEgo Marry.
>From Wstern Union Office.

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