419 scam: "Payment Office"<test@hanhwaair.cn> I HAVE BEEN CALLING YOU!!!

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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. )
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: "Payment Office" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <m.scott@yahoo.cn>
Date: Wed, 12 Dec 2012 07:09:39 +0100
Subject: I HAVE BEEN CALLING YOU!!!

Good Day,

How are you and the family doing, hope you have been doing alright because i have not head from you over some few months now.

I have been calling your number for few days now and it not going and i dont know why, maybe you have change your number or move from your house to another house.

The reason why i was calling is that, i have make some part of your total USD$850.000.00 to the Western Union, which i sent you USD$10,000.00 and i have the payment details, but i have not heard anything from you.

So below are the payment details for you to be able to get the money out of the Western Union and i want you to track it before going to the Western Union so that you will be sure that i sent the money to you, for you to be able to pick it up.

https://wumt.westernunion.com/asp/orderStatus.asp?country=global

BELOW IS YOUR PAYMENT DETAILS
MTCN # / 290-039-2462
Sender First Name / Eric
Sender Last Name / peters
Amount: $10,000.00 US Dollars

Like you know that you will have to act fast and get the money out of the Western Union because i sent the money last week, and i have been trying to reach you but no way that is why i decided to send you email and let you know about it.

And as soon as you get the money out of the Western Union you give me a call on +2348099****and let me know that you have got the first part of the payment.

I will be waiting to hear from you soon.

Regards.

Mr. Scott Mandy.
m.scott@yahoo.cn

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