419 scam: "Foreign Remittance $Bank Of America$ Pay-out Gold c" <deskofficiall@sify.com> PAYOUT TODAY.

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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:
- "security keeping 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. )
- "clearance document" (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. )
- "you are advice to " (this email uses bad English)
- "cotonou" (a location commonly mentioned 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.

Fraud email example:

From: "Foreign Remittance $Bank Of America$ Pay-out Gold c" <deskofficiall@sify.com>
Reply-To: info.atmremittancedepartm@gmail.com
Date: Mon, 15 Aug 2011 03:14:08 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: PAYOUT TODAY.

Valued Attn

Our mission is to provide you with convenient financial services,we believe in keeping things as simple as possible which means that you will no longer have to wait for long periods before getting paid .We provide you with instant processing to your funds transfer throgh our secure financial services . Please we have jail Mrs. Joyce George since 2weeks agos, been waiting for you to comply for the final endosement he call a lawyer from US, who clearify to us that you are dead but we dont believe what they are saying, but the board of directors said that they will release your fund to Mrs. Joyce George and release her there in jail if you dont comply with the requirement today. Please try to filling the form from cental bank of west africa and send it back to us because they are the one that has power over your transfer and they are the one that will help your fund to get to your nearest bank by today without any further delay again.

however,this is the easiest way for you to receive your approval award Winning/Inheritance $200.000.00 into your bank account or handel you the cash in any nearest bank of your choice, this is due to restrictions on cash movement and transfer of Hugh sum of money.therefore ,you are advice to send us your Complete Address: Name of City of Residence:and your Direct Telephone Number: also you are to send us 32US$ to label your package clearly with your Complete contact onece the package get to your end , we will give you the contact of our officer over there to assist you deposit the cash in a bank if you wish. as soon as you get this email endeavor to western union the required 32 US$. please do provide the above information accurately, because this office cannot afford to be held liable for any wrong transfer of funds or liability of funds credited into a ghost account. Pleease note that you are advice to send the require fee of 32US$
releasement clearance document from our correspounding bank central bank of west africa Useing my name below details by western union only.

Receives Name:--------Ifeanyi Chukwu John
Country:--------- Benin Republic
City/state:--------- Cotonou.
Question:--------- What Color?
Answer:-------- -Blue
Amount:--------- 32US$
MTCN:---------
To avoid the security keeping fee and it will reach you in the next day from the day we confirm the fee and your full contact.Please try all you can to send me the payment details today as soon as you send the requested fee of $32 today to get all the document this morning so that we can finishup the transfer by today without any further delay again. Please and please try all you can to get this fee direct to us today without any further delay again. and this will be the final endosement. Please and please get back to us know so that we can get all this done without any further delay again.
Waiting to hear from you soon.
Thanks,
Thanks for banking with Bank of America while we looking forward to serving you with the
best of our service.
Eric Lee.

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