419 scam: "Yours Ambassador In Mission." <DIRECTORU.P.S100@gmail.com> Unknown Claim Over Your Lottery Winning Fund Worth Of $15 Million

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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:
- "million united state dollars" (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)
- "united state dollar" (this email uses bad English)
This email message is a fake lottery scam. Consider the following facts about real lotteries:
1. They don't notify winners by email.
2. You can't win without first buying a lottery ticket.
3. They don't randomly select email addresses to award prizes to.
4. They don't use free email accounts (Yahoo, Hotmail, etc) to communicate with you.
5. They don't tell you to call a mobile phone number.
6. They don't tell you to keep your winnings secret.
7. They will never ask a winner to pay any fees to receive a prize!
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.
- +22999750837 (Benin, probably a prepaid mobile phone)
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.
- ambassadorsegbecyrileoguin@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Yours Ambassador In Mission." <DIRECTORU.P.S100@gmail.com>
Reply-To: ambassadorsegbecyrileoguin@gmail.com
Date: Tue, 23 Feb 2016 13:40:55 +0100
Subject: Unknown Claim Over Your Lottery Winning Fund Worth Of $15 Million

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Embassy of Benin in Washington DC, The United States
Address: 2124 Kalorama Road, NW Washington, DC 15008.
Head Of Mission: Ambassador segbe cyrile oguin.
Phone: +229 9975-0837 or (432) 827-8178, Send a Text Or call.
Ref: Payment of $15 Million Approval.
Email: ambassadorsegbecyrileoguin@gmail.com

Unknown Claim Over Your Lottery Winning Fund Worth Of $15 Million

The Main truth about your Fund in Africa is that your email address won
you the sum of $15 Million from LOTTERY COMPANY

BRANCH IN AFRICA BENIN REP.,by a set-up program called ANNUAL WINNING
ONLINE BALLOTING SYSTEM, This program called Annual

Winning Online Balloting System is a program set-up by the World
Organization, and Financially supported by the World

Organization including your Government as means to congratulate the
Blessed Lucky winners of the year, so luckily to you,

your email address was among the earlier emails that won this $15 Million
each to all the emails owners and that is how you

become a winner to this Winning Fund of $15 Million.

While all the numerous emails and phone calls you have been receiving was
from the old retired workers from Africa who are

using their jobless/idleness to still fees from you all because they knew
everything about your Lottery Fund when they were

still in the Office, So that is why you haven't received any dime
irrespective of all your effort. When this issue was

discovered, all Funds in Africa belonging to foreign Beneficiaries was
directed up to this Embassy representing the West

Africa Benin Rep. in NW Washington, DC 15008 USA, with purpose of
transferring your Lottery Fund into your Bank Account from

United State.

Although, We have received an instruction from the office of UNITED
NATIONS POPULATION FUNDS ORGANIZATION under the West

African Ministry Of Finance, few days from our correspondence to release
your Overdue Compensate awarded payment fund valued

sum of $15 million into your contract account, we are on the process to
open an Domiciliary Bank Account in your name with

the BANK OF AMERICA and forward to you the account information so that you
can access your fund in your account by yourself,

But we are surprise this morning when we are about to open escrow account
on your behalf, we received another email from Mrs.

Mary Lynn Brown whom claim to be your COUSIN relative and also your
representative with a letter of trust certificate telling

us that she is your next of kin and you left an instruction to Him for the
claim of your (deposited fund $15 million).

Here are the below account information she forwarded to us to transfer
your fund into her account.

The account which she forward to us as follow.

Bank of America
St. Petersburg, California USA
Bank Telephones: 1 877 984 7465 or 1 866 925 1536
Account Holder Name: Mrs. Mary Lynn Brown.
Customers Address: US Post Office: P.O Box 1956, San Ramona, California
98483
Account No: 9590078501567
Routing No: 031101169

Note: CHANGE OF OWNERSHIP CERTIFICATE has been made by the same person to
transfer your $15 Million into the above

information, meanwhile if you are not in support of that, then respond
quickly with reconfirmation to the bellow

information's as we don't need any delay at all.Please, do reconfirm to us
as a matter of urgency if this person is from you

and has your authority to receive your fund. If this person is not your
representative, you are requested to contact us

without any delay and send this information as soon as possible, so that
your fund value of $15 Million united state dollars

will be released to you through bank telegraphic wire transfer method.

Furnish your valid data to enable us verify your details.

Your Full Name, Married/Single, Current Home Address, Your Telephone
Number, Age and Sex, Occupation, Your Weekly / Monthly

Income, Copy ID or International Passport for Identification.However, we
shall proceed to issue all payment details to the

said person explained above, if we do not hear from you within the next 4
working days from today.

Yours Ambassador In Mission.
Head Of Mission: Ambassador segbe cyrile oguin.
Ambassador Of Benin in USA.

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