419 scam: " Name Barr Mark Luke" <WWw.@alto.ocn.ne.jp> Attention: Please My Dear

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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:
- "i will like you to " (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- "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. )
- "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. )
- "transfer of your funds" (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)
- "hundred thousand 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 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.
- +22968556327 (Benin, probably a prepaid mobile phone)

Fraud email example:

From: " Name Barr Mark Luke" <WWw.@alto.ocn.ne.jp>
Reply-To: " Name Barr Mark Luke" <western_union23@outlook.fr>
Date: Mon, 9 May 2016 09:49:30 +0900 (JST)
Subject: Attention: Please My Dear

Attention: Please My Dear

Thanks for your E-mail we received dated 5/8/2016 and we do apologize for our late response. Secondly, I am Mr, Barr Mark Luke the Agent for WESTERN UNION Money Transfer office Benin Republic.

The transfer of your funds has commenced today with your first payment of $5000.00 already sent as ordered by the Federal Ministry for Finance. What is required of you is $100 for activation fee of your MTCN of all your transfers and this payment must be made to this office before the transfer information for you to pick up your first payment will be released.

Please you are advised to go the WESTERN UNION Money Transfer and effect payment for the activation fee of your MTCN immediately and start receiving your funds without delay. For security reasons, you are advised not to expose this or the total amount of money you are receiving to people as you are only advised to move to any western union Money Transfer in your area and make the needed payment or you can also send it through Western Union to the information provided below and you shall receive the transfer information to pick your first payment within an hour today.

You shall be provided with necessary documents covering your funds with your transfer information as soon as your activation fee is confirmed paid over here as we are not allowed to release vital documents without receiving your fee and commencing the transfer.

Your $100 activation fee covers all the transfer of your full funds and you shall start receiving your funds from this office as soon as the payment is confirmed from you today.

The Federal Ministry of Finance also mandated that on no account shall any form of money be deducted from your total funds as it has to be receive in exact amount as it is recorded to avoid mistakes.

You are hereby advised to go to any nearest western union transfer office around your Area and make the $100 payment for the activation fee and start receiving your payments through this WESTERN UNION Money Transfer office within 1hr-45mins of confirming your fee made over here.

Reconfirms that below is the transfer address for your funds.
Your name --

However, We were instructed by federal Ministry to transfer your funds to you via our service (WESTERN UNION money transfer office) so you will be receiving $5000.00 usd daily until it completes the total amount of three. million.five hundred thousand United State Dollars ($3.5,000 million) as we have in our file here

In addition, this is to let you know that $5000.00 has been sent already as your first payment and the transfer information is kept on hold by this office and shall be released as soon as we hear from you.

Please i will like you to give me a call +229 685 563 27 as soon as you send the $100.00 to avoid delays on this transaction as we have no excess time and as you know that your funds has lasted for a very long time than given, to avoid transferring your funds into government account due to failure to comply.

Hope you understand my point? So your urgent response is highly needed

YOU ARE TO MAKE THE NEEDED PAYMENT THROUGH WESTERN UNION TRANSFER OFFICE AND TO THE INFORMATION BELOW;

RECEIVER'S NAME:......AYOM JOE
COUNTRY:............. BENIN REPUBLIC
TEXT QUESTION:........WHEN
ANSWER:...............TODAY
AMOUNT:.............. $100.00 us Dollars
MTCN........?
SENDER'S NAME ..........
COUNTRY.................

And on a very Important note, Be rest assured that you will confirm your first payment of $5000.00 within 1hr-45m of receiving the $100.00 And for your information, No body has right to deduct or Added to the value of the funds due to it is pounded with Insurance policy. The instruction is from the Federal ministry of Finance Benin Republic

Your urgent respond is highly needed

mr, Barr Mark Luke From WESTERN UNION Money Transfer Benin Rep

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