419 scam: West African Economic and Monetary Union <bomla@yahoo.co.jp> Good News About Your Fund (ATM CARD)

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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:
- "dear friend" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- "courier service" (Courier companies mentioned in 419 scams are always fake. They will have you send money to them, but won't deliver anything. )
- "courier company" (Courier companies mentioned in 419 scams are always fake. They will have you send money to them, but won't deliver anything. )
- "cotonou" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
This email message is a next of kin scam.

Fraud email example:

From: West African Economic and Monetary Union <bomla@yahoo.co.jp>
Reply-To: West African Economic and Monetary Union <teamservice@newmail.ru>
Date: Thu, 2 Apr 2015 14:27:27 +0900 (JST)
Subject: Good News About Your Fund (ATM CARD)

Dear friend,

Good day and how is everything?

Your inheritance fund worth 4.850m US dollars (four million, eighth hundred and fifty thousand US dollars) has been uploaded into an ATM CARD. The ATM CARD is coming from Cotonou, Benin Republic. It is issued by UBA (United Bank For Africa) International Bank.   It has been registered with DHL Courier Delivery Company Ltd, to be delivered to your home address. All you have to do right now is to first of all contact DHL with your full personal delivery information:

A. Your Full Name:
B. Current Home Address:
C. Phone Numbers (home, mobile and office):
D. Other emails of yours:
E. Next Of Kin (Full name, phone, email)

You need to understand that you have no other fund elsewhere except this one, so you must stop all communication with anyone who must have informed you earlier or may be later of any other fund apart from this one.

This fund has been approved by the IMF (International Monetary Fund) in your favor and they placed a tag on it which prohibits any person that is not you from taking or deducting a dime from your total fund.

Note that you are to pay for the delivery fee of the ATM CARD before it will be delivered to you by DHL Company. You will pay to DHL Courier service Benin Republic, contact them immediately for the delivery of your ATM CARD and to know how much you are to pay and how you will make the payment to them.

Dhl Courier Company Ltd, Benin Republic.
GMD:   Mr. Grant Smith
Phone:   (00229) 68659173 (calls or sms )

This message is hoax free, thank you for your immersed comprehension.

Yours In Service,
Miss. Olivia Dane
Secretary, West African Economic and Monetary Union (WAEMU)

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