419 Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam (2006-01)

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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:
- "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. )
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
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 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.
- moneygramdpet@hotmail.co.uk (Hotmail, United Kingdom; can be used from anywhere worldwide)

Fraud email example:

From: Mr Andy Chukwu <office101file1@gmail.com>
Reply-To: moneygramdpet@hotmail.co.uk
Date: Sat, 23 Jul 2011 15:18:32 +0530 (IST)
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?ATTENTION=2C_Money_Gram_B=C9N=C9FICIAIRE_contacter_pour_vo?=
=?iso-8859-1?Q?s_2=2E5M_=24_USD?=

ATTENTION, Money Gram BÉNÉFICIAIRE contacter pour vos 2.5M $ USD

Je vous écris pour vous informer de l'apparition soudaine de votre envoi. En raison du retard dans la fourniture de l'autorisation demandée avant la sortie de votre envoi et c'est contre le routage de travail du Courrier de garder individuels tels bagages / envoi, sans connaître son contenu véritable.

Basé sur ce fait et de prendre garde de ce qui a été laissé sur leurs soins de leur département de vérification a consulté une radiographie de votre envoi et le résultat était choquant que le contenu de l'envoi a été confirmée / découverts pour être en espèces ($ US 2.500,000 dollars) . C'est pourquoi il est contre leurs modalités de fonctionnement en espèces de fret afin qu'ils aujourd'hui déposé des fonds dans la banque par le biais de notre banque soeur à Port-Novo pour un transfert d'argent directement à vous par le biais de Money Gram.

Sur la base des étrangers et à aider à conclure avec le traitement et la version finale de vos fonds hérités de vous grâce à Money Gram. Le montant que vous recevoir est de $ 7000 dollars Etat-Unis par jour. pouvait vous s'il vous plaît confirmer les informations suivantes.

1 Nom du destinataire. ...........
2 ADRESSE ................
3 VILLE .........
4-TÉLÉPHONE ...........

Communiquez avec le Money Gram avec ce courriel et ne font aucune erreur, car ce sont eux qui tiennent absolument soin de ce paiement et se rappeler que le montant que vous allez recevoir est de 7 $ 000usd par jour.

Contactez-les immédiatement que vous recevez cet e-mail

Personne-ressource, Rev Mike Chantel
Directeur Département Money Gram
Email: (moneygramdpet@hotmail.co.uk)
Ligne téléphonique 229 998 834 29
Numéro de télécopieur 229 993 994 99

Sur réception de ces détails de votre traitement sera conclu pendant que nous vous conseillons en conséquence.
Attendons de votre réponse,

Cordialement, M. Andy Chukwu.
Étrangères service de courrier diplomatique

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