419 scam: Oli Bla <mr.olivier.blanchard@gmail.com> CONTACT MONEY GRAM.

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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. )
- "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)
- "ecowas " (the name of a person or institution often appearing in 419 scams)
- "moneygram.customerservice@live.com" (this email address has been used in a known scam)
- "moneygram.customerservice@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.
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.

Fraud email example:

From: Oli Bla <mr.olivier.blanchard@gmail.com>
Reply-To: mroliver.blanchard1@hotmail.com
Date: Tue, 20 Nov 2012 12:58:28 +0000 (GMT)
Subject: CONTACT MONEY GRAM.

FROM OFFICE OF UNICREDIT BANK
MONEYGRAM TRANSFER DIVISION
ADDRESS: VIA FAENTINA 18
48100 RAVENNA (RA)
BURKINA-FASO.

Email:To (moneygram.customerservice@live.com)

Attention: Beneficiary.

Following the high rate of fraud star, scam and money laundry activities case perpetrated via South Africa, Nigeria, Ghana, Togo, Burkina-Faso, Benin, Ivory Coast, Europe and other African countries. We write to informed you about the meeting held today by the Ecowas and EU Union money laundry commission, organized crime/fraud division have mapout the sum of $500,000.00 dollars for your compensation.

You are warned to stop further communication or dealing you have with any body/banks regarding to the collection of your fund, due to the fraudulent activities going on worldwide for your own good, because your fund is right here in our custodians and not in Any body/banks that is contacting you in respect to the collection of your fund is scam.

Secondly, we have discovered that some of these deposited funds including yours & other (5.000) innocent scam victims, who face untold extortion of valuables cash, on their struggles to claim their entitled funds are genuine and originated from the right sources such as contracts payment, inheritance claim and above it all lottery winning claims

European union money laundry commission committee has instructed us to be paying your fund to you via MONEY GRAM transfer under installment of (10,000) Ten Thousand Dollars daily till the amount is completely paid to you.

The financial Money Gram Payment canter has been mandated to issue out your
payment and you have to stop any further communication with any other
person(s) or office(s) to avoid any hitches in receiving your payment

Therefore the only fee you have to pay them is $230.00 only usd that they will
use to renewing of your file, so be advice to contact them immediately you get
this email because every arrangement has been done perfectly.
Your name____________
Receiver name________
Country______________
City________________
Tel___________________
Test question__________
Answer_______________
Age/sex______________
You are require to send copy of your international passport, contact Phone Number and your full contact Address, which you will use to pick up your daily $10.000 in your country for our record.

Mr. Olivier Blanchard
MoneyGram Payment Officer
moneygram.customerservice@live.com
Unicredit Bank Africa region.
Copyright © 2012. Unicredit Bank Plc, Africa. All Rights Réserve.

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