419 scam: "RICHARD WELSH"<info@dispatch.com> CONGRATULATIONS!CONGRATULATIONS!!!CONGRATULATIONS!!!

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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:
- "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. )
- "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. )
- "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. )
- "lagos" (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.
This email lists mobile phone numbers. Use of such numbers is typical for scams because they allow criminals to conceal their true location. They can receive calls in an Internet cafe from where they send you emails, while pretending to be in some office.
- +2340808966748
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.
- unitedparcelservices23@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "RICHARD WELSH" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <unitedparcelservices23@yahoo.com>
Date: Sun, 6 Sep 2015 00:03:13 -0400
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS!CONGRATULATIONS!!!CONGRATULATIONS!!!

Good Day,

I have been expecting you to contact me for your AUTOMATIC TELLER MACHINE (ATM) $990,000,00 (Nine hundred and ninty nine thousand) United States Dollars, but I didnt heard from you for a couple of weeks.

Then, I went to the bank to confirm if the ATM CARD has expired or getting near to expire and ( Dr) S.F.Kuku the Director OF ECO BANK PLC told me that the Atm Card will expired on the 10TH February 2017.I will be out of the country for a 6 Months Course.

What you have to do now is to contact UNITED PARCEL SERVICES as soon as possible to know when they will deliver your ATM CARD to you because of the expiring date. For your information, I have paid for the delivering Charge, Insurance premium. So right now the only money you will send to the UNITED PARCEL SERVICES to deliver your ATM CARD direct to your postal Address in your country is($85.00USD) only being for the Security Keeping fee, don't be deceived by anybody to pay any other money except $85.00 US Dollars for the Security Keeping.

I would have paid that but they said no because they don't know when you will contact them and in case of demurrage. You have to contact UNITED PARCEL SERVICES now for the delivery of your ATM CARD with this

information bellow;

CONTROLLER:                 MR. FRANK JOHNSON

COMPANY'S NAME:        UNITED PARCEL SERVICES

EMAIL ADRESS:              (unitedparcelservices23@yahoo.com)

PHONE NUMBER:            +234-080-8966-7482

Please try and reconfirm your information with them to aviod wrong delivery.

Full Name:

Address of Residence:

country from:

Telephone Number:

Occupation:

Age:

Finally, ask them to give you the tracking number to enable you track your package over there and know when it will get to your address.

Let me repeat again, try to contact them as soon as you receive this mail to avoid any further delay and remember to pay them their Security Keeping fee of $85 US Dollars for their immediate action.

PAYMENT METHOD:       WESTERN UNION OR MONEY GRAM

Bill Collector:                      Mr. John Mark

Receiver Address:             354 Company Estate ,UP- S Avenue V.I Lagos Nigeria .

Text Question:                     In God

Text Answer:                        We Trust

MTCN(8 or 10 digit number):........................

Amount Sent:$85

CONTACT THEM AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.

Best Regards,

Mr.Richard Welsh

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