419 scam: "Mr.Morgan Daniel" <"aaaa."@drive.ocn.ne.jp> Attention

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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:
- "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. )
- ",000,000" (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)
- "00,000.00" (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)
- "cotonou" (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.

Fraud email example:

From: "Mr.Morgan Daniel" <"aaaa."@drive.ocn.ne.jp>
Reply-To: "Mr.Morgan Daniel" <mrmorgandaniel65@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 22 Oct 2016 20:23:27 +0900 (JST)
Subject: Attention

I am Mr.Morgan Daniel, The Chair person in charge of Treasury
Department, Federal Ministry of Finance BENIN.

I want to inform you that your Payment File was brought to my desk
yesterday to Cancel because the director & management of the WESTERN
UNION MONEY transfer have

declared to divert your fund to the government treasury account just
because you can not pay the signed wire transfer fee. In reasoning
wisely to this complain i told

them to wait until i hear from you today so that i will know the
reason why you decided to rejected such amount of money $4,000,000.00usd
which is your rightful & legal

overdue compensation payment just because of signed wire transfer fee.

The reason why i sent this email to you is because its your sweat and
for this reason you still have this last chance to claim your fund if
you can send USD$37.00

today because i have already arranged your wires ready for its daily
wires to you but failing to do this, i will allow them to have power
over your fund and am very

sorry if you failed as this is the last chance.

Therefore, send the USD $37.00 immediately you receive this email
today and email your full name and address to me if you want your USD
$4,000,000.00usd be send to you

by western union money transfer but the maximum amount officially
allow for it per day wire to you is USD $4,500 per day until you
receive your complete USD

$4,000,000.00usd from here .

The second option is for you to send me the full detail of your bank
account if you want your fund be fully transfer by direct bank to bank
wire transfer to your

account at once. After you have sent the $37.00 and email me the mtcn
numbers, you are to indicate your wish to receive your funds as i have
stated above and the funds

will be release to you without any hitch.

Here is the western union information in the name of our accountant to
avoid delay in receiving your fund and remember that i have done my
best for you and i will make

sure that your wire transfer will begin to be releasing to you from
the moment you sent this $37.00 .

Send the $37.00 now and send me email with the western union mtcn
numbers when you send the money , when you have sent the money now ok
.

Receivers Name:.......Moses Chidi
COUNTRY :... BENIN REPUBLIC
City : .......COTONOU
Test Question:.. WHO
Answer :.. GOD.
Amount to send: ...$37.00
SEND MTCN NUMBER....
Sender's name.......

Send it and email the MTCN control number, amount sent, name and
address of sender to me for easy collection

Thanks .

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