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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:

Fraud email example:

From: "MoneyGram" <3asister@hlwe.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: moneyoffice@mail2richard.com
Date: Tue, 15 Nov 2016 01:11:50 +0800 (MYT)
Subject: MONEY GRAM UNDER ECO BANK PLC




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Dear Customer Here is the information to pick up your first payment of
$5000 through

MoneyGram store close to you

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is compensating some scam victims
and your email

address was found in the scam victims list. This Money Gram®office has
been mandated by the

IMF to transfer your compensation to you via Money Gram®Money Transfer.

However, we have concluded to affect your own payment through Money
Gram®Money Transfer,

5000.00 pay day until the total sum of $2.5 Million United States is
completely transferred

to you the receiver. We cannot be able to send the payment with your email
address alone,

we are hereby needed your information to where we will be sending the funds.

Here is the information to pick up your first payment of $5000 through
MoneyGram store

close to you.

Money Reference Number (REF): 691 339 72
Sender's First Name: Ezennia
Sender's Last Name: Ike
MTCN:# 691 339 72 (Track the MTCN by visiting:::::::::https://
secure.moneygram.com/track)

You Can Text or Call once you fill below Information


(Receivers name)............
(Country)..................... ..
(Address)..................... ...........
(Phone Number).....................
(Your Age).......................... ........
(ID copy)............. ..................
(Your Email Address)...................

NOTE: That your payment files will be returned to the IMF within 24hours
if we
did not hear from you because this was the instruction given to us by the IMF
office here in Nigeria. We will start the transfer as soon as we received
your information. You are hereby warned not to communicate or duplicate this
message for any reason what so ever because the FBI is already on track of
the criminals in Africa here.


NOTE; The sent $5,000 is on hold because of the instruction from IMF
office, they asked us

to place it on hold by requesting the (Clean Bill Record Certificate) in
order to fulfill

all the necessary obligation to avoid any hitches while sending you the
payment through

Money Gram money Transfer, the necessary obligation i mean here is to
obtain the (Clean

Bill Record Certificate).

Below are the information's you will use to send sum of $55 dollars for
the (Clean Bill

Record Certificate) Send it through WESTERN UNION OR Money Gram as follows

1.RECEIVER NAME: GABRIEL OKOYE
2.COUNTRY:Benin Republic
3.CITY : Cotonou,
4..TEST QUESTION:A
5.TEST ANSWER:B
MTCN:.........?
SENDER NAME.....?
Amount:$55

MTCN:....................
Sender name:.............
Sender address:.........
Sender phone number:....

NOTICE: To text or call this office for any question.

Sincerely,
Name: Mr. Richard Ben.
Manager Director for MoneyGram.
Office Tel:+234706258303 Text or Call SMS





The information contained in this communication is intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom it is addressed and others authorized to receive it.
It may contain confidential or legally privileged information. If you are not the intended recipient you are hereby notified that any disclosure,
copying, distribution or taking any action in reliance on the contents of this information is strictly prohibited and may be unlawful.
If you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately by responding to this email and then delete it from your system. HLWE is neither liable for the proper and complete transmission of the information contained in this communication nor for any delay in its receipt.


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