419 scam: "Mr.jeff.martin." <central.bank209@yahoo.co.nz> IMMEDIATE AWARD WINNING NOTIFICATION LETTER.

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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. )
- "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. )
- "abuja" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
- "jeff.martin01@mail.mn" (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.
- +2348083320405 (Nigeria, prepaid mobile phone)

Fraud email example:

From: "Mr.jeff.martin." <central.bank209@yahoo.co.nz>
Reply-To: jeff.martin01@mail.mn
Date: Fri, 24 Sep 2010 19:08:55 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: IMMEDIATE AWARD WINNING NOTIFICATION LETTER.

Head
Office, Abuja.
Address:Plot
4, Block 23,
Garki Abuja.

Nigeria.

Â

Â IMMEDIATE AWARD
WINNING NOTIFICATION LETTER.

DEAR
WINNER:

Â

TAMMY LOVELAND,

This is to congratulate you for scaling through the hurdles of
screening by the board of directors of this payment task force. Your payment
file was approved and the instruction was given us to release your payment and
activate your ATM
cards for use.

your card which contains 1,000.000.00 MILLION U.S. DOLLARS
has been activated and is the total fund loaded inside the
card.

YourÂ ATM Master CardÂ would be sent to you via UPS, Because we
have signed a contract with them which should expired byÂ August 23th Below are
few list of tracking numbers you can track from UPS website(www.ups.com) to
confirm people like you who have received their payment successfully.

JOHNNY ALMANTE ==============1Z2X593941980805 70

GARY METZGER ==============1Z2X593941959527 59
GLEN
PAPANIKAS ==============1Z2X593941986909 47
CAROL R BUCZYNSKI
==============1Z2X593941978625 30
KARIMA EMELIA TAYLOR
==============1Z2X593941985915 27
LISA LAIRD
==============1Z2X593941966419 13
POLLY SHAYKIN
==============1Z2X593941988177 02

Good news, We wish to let
you know that everything concerning your ATM
CARD payment despatch is ready in this office and we have a
meeting with the house (Federal government of Nigeria) we informed them that
your fund should not cost you any thing because is your money (Your Card).

Moreover, we have an agreement with them that you should pay only delivering
of your card which is 150.00 USDÂ by UPS Delivering Company.

However, you have only three
working days to send this 150.00Â USDÂ Â Rand for the delivering of your card, if
we donâ€™t hear from you with the payment information; the Federal Government will
cancel the card.

This is the paying information that you will use and
send the fee through western
union money transfer.

Name:
Benjamin Ude
City:Lagos

Country
Nigeria
Question:
Rich
Answer: yes

MTCN:
Sender
Name......

Â

I wait the payment information to enable us proceed for
the delivering of your card.

Respond
very fast and ac as
advise.

Â Â

Congratulations In Advance!!!

Best Regards.

Mr.jeff.martin.

THE NEW EXECUTIVE REGIONAL DERECTOR
Western Union Money
Transfer
PHONE: +234-8083320405
EMAIL ADDRESS:(jeff.martin01@mail.mn)
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NOTICE:
Information contained in this email is confidential and intended
for the addresses only. Any
dissemination, distribution, copying or use of
this communication without prior permission from the address is strictly
prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient of this communication, please
delete it permanently without copying,disclosing or otherwise using its
contents, and notify the sender
immediately.

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