419 scam: Dr James Jonathan <tavellag@arnet.com.ar> Dear beneficiary

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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:
- "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. )
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 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.
- wunionmtcode@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Dr James Jonathan <tavellag@arnet.com.ar>
Reply-To: <wunionmtcode@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 11 Mar 2017 08:36:19 -0300
Subject: Dear beneficiary

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Our Ref : WUMT0XX2/987.

Dear beneficiary

There is an issue with the western union money transfer in the amount
of
US$1.5 Million, at the owner of this email address. The united nation
and
international monetary fund contacted us for the release of your fund
some
couple of hour's ago, due to your allocated security code they choose
to
transfer it to you through Western Union Money Transfer but we are
unable
to complete a transfer directed at an email address, so we require more
information in order to complete this transfer as listed below.

Full name:
Your postal address:
Telephone number:
Your scan copy of identity card:

Note: This is not one of those internet scammer's that all they do is
to
collect payment from beneficiaries without sending them their fund, we
have
map out a monitoring agent that will hold them responsible so all you
need
to do right now is to send your full information to us, It's directly
from
the Management of Western Union Money Transfer Benin Republic Head
Office
and our Motto is to "serve your better". we will be sending you
US$5,000
per transfer because transferring the total fund into your account will
cost you more that is why they has given us order to be sending it via
western union.

Contact us on our
E-mail : wunionmtcode@gmail.com

Thanks,
Mrs Monika Dossou (303).
Western Union Department (Bank Of Africa)

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