419 scam: "Payment Center"<dennisoliseh@yahoo.com> Contact Payment Officer

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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:

An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
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:
- "cost of transfer" (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. )
- "express courier delivery" (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. )
- "inheritance funds" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- "huge amount of money" (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)
- "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)
- "dear beneficiary," (this SPAM email was probably sent to thousands of people)
- "robert mueller" (This name is often mentioned in money recovery scams (re-scam): the real FBI will not tell you to contact some email address. If you are in any doubt, contact an FBI field office via www.fbi.gov. )
- "central bank of nigeria" (the name of a person or institution often appearing in 419 scams)
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 free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
- dennisoliseh@inmail.sk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Payment Center" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <dennisoliseh@inmail.sk>
Date: Tue, 3 Apr 2001 01:27:27 -0700
Subject: Contact Payment Officer

Attention:
Date: 4th Dec. 2010

Dear Beneficiary,

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), in group efforts with the Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority, The Federal Government of Nigeria, Western Union Money Transfer, United Nations, the World Bank, Central Bank of Nigeria and other relevant agencies have received reports of unpaid contract/inheritance funds which through the international monetary funds (IMF) recommended to disburse $500bn to settle the affected persons. We are officially contacting you because you are listed and approved in the second category to receive cash compensation sum of $700,000.00.

Meanwhile, due to the number of applications at hand coupled with the corrupts and inefficient banking system in Nigeria, all payments were approve via swift ATM debit card/Bank Draft which is the simplest way to transfer huge amount of money to avoid cost of transfers and other statutory documents. Based on this, your ATM Card has been approved for shipment to you right away by means of FedEx overnight express courier delivery services. This ATM Card (MasterCard) is what you will use to withdraw your monies ($700,000.00) with ease at any Automated Teller Machines (ATMs) anywhere in the worldwide but the maximum withdrawals allowed per day is $8000.00 only.

Below are few lists of tracking numbers you can track at FedEx official website (www.fedex.com) and ups website (www.ups.com) to confirm people like you who have received their payment atm card successfully in the first batch.

SHIPMENTS VIA FEDEX COURIER DELIVERY

RICHARD CURRY: ============== 872611786710
RICHARD AUTRY ============== 869713119185
GARY METZGER ============== 871363130860
MARK STUBBS ==============871363116168
SANDRA ARGUELLOWELLS =========872611786720

MOREOVER, THIS IS ANOTHER GROUP OF PEOPLE THAT RECEIVED THEIR PAYMENT THROUGH USP COURIER.

JOHNNY ALMANTE ==============1Z2X59394198080570
GARY METZGER ==============1Z2X59394195952759
GLEN PAPANIKAS ==============1Z2X59394198690947
CAROL R BUCZYNSKI ==============1Z2X59394197862530
KARIMA EMELIA TAYLOR ==============1Z2X59394198591527
LISA LAIRD ==============1Z2X59394196641913
POLLY SHAYKIN ==============1Z2X59394198817702

You are further advised to contact the accredited government agent handling this shipment. His official contact information is listed below for your convenience.

Contact Person: Dr. Dennis Oliseh
Email: dennisoliseh@inmail.sk

For this purpose, you are to kindly reconfirm and forward to his office the following information about you to help speedy the delivery of your approved ATM Card. The information required from you includes:-

(1) Your Full Name:______________________
(2) Your Home Address:__________________
(3) Your Country:________________________
(3) Your Valid Telephone No:______________
(4) Your Age and Occupation:______________

You are also advised to follow his advice and directives to avoid delay in releasing your payment because your payment file has already been moved to his office for further processing, verification and shipment.

Kind regards,
Mr. Robert Mueller
Director of FBI
J. Edgar Hoover Building
935 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, D.C. 20535-0001.
United States of America.

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