419 scam: "MR. JAMES OPIA" <foffice9@gmail.com> Re,My purpose of contacting you now is this:are you away of this man payment?

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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:

An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
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:
- "activation 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. )
- "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. )
- "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. )
- "to your nominated bank account" (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)
- "waiting for your urgent response" (scammers rush victims so they don't have time to think properly)
- "federal republic of benin" (Benin, Cameroon, etc. are no Federal Republics, unlike Nigeria where this type of scam was invented)
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.
- moneygramonlinebank2013@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "MR. JAMES OPIA" <foffice9@gmail.com>
Reply-To: moneygramonlinebank2013@gmail.com
Date: Fri, 1 Nov 2013 04:24:11 -0400
Subject: Re,My purpose of contacting you now is this:are you away of this man payment?

Attention beneficiary,

We are here to notify you Mr/Mrs that after the meeting held on been 28th
December 2012.his excellence the president of federal

republic of Benin Dr Yayi Boni. Has instructed this department to send your
funds through money-gram remitting office transfer world

wide,For easier receive of your inherited funds without any further delay.
Since you was unable to receive your money through western

This is to notify you that your funds $9.5 MILLION (USD) has been programmed
for immediate release into your nominated account but we

can not transfer this funds directly to your nominated bank account,Because
International Monetary Fund (IMF) didn't abide the plan

by transferring the whole payment at once, so we scheduled earlier to pay you
$10,000 on daily basis through MONEY GRAM ONLINE

CASH.It became imperative to contact you on the subject matter because after
the fund has been brought to our office to remit.

somebody from your country by name Charles Porter contacted us and said you
are on sick bed and ordered him to contact us to remit

the USD$9.5Million using his information to pick up your fund presently under
our custody for transfer on your behalf.The Official

responsible for the presentation of your money valued USD$9.5Million Winning
waiting for final endorsement from Board of Trustees.

When our BANK Debit Note was submitted to my desk for final Approvals before
forwarding it to Board for endorsement, I noticed that

there are discrepancies as there was no evidence of authorization letter from
you for Charles Porter to receive the fund on your

behalf.I urgently summoned The Official responsible for the presentation of
the winning and directed him to stop the movement of the

funds and at the same time placed a stop order instruction on the funds
pending when your views and comments are received with

regards to this matter.
I hereby urged you to call or email me urgently for your comments which will
be highly appreciated if you are still alive or not on

sick bed with sum of require activation fee $105 which you will send before we
commence the transfer of your first payment

$10,000.00usd REFFRENCE# 694-331-33 immediately, because we will not hesitate
to continue the payment transfer activation with the

name of the gentleman on claim if no response come from you. Contact me on
this number :+22968565766 or e-mail me back using this

address (moneygramonlinebank2013@gmail.com) as your silence will be a clear
indication that you authorized him to effect the above

changes.

Also fill the information below to help us facilitate your transfer via MONEY
1) Your Full Name:.............
2) Country and Mobile:. .
3) Home/ Office Address:....
4) Profession and Age:.......

We are waiting for the payment information in your next email.
Am waiting for your urgent response
Rev.PETER KINGS.
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer Benin Republic

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