419 scam: MR Kinet wood <"BBBBBBBBBBBBB."@coffee.ocn.ne.jp> Attention Dear Customer,

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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:
- "money gram" (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. )
- "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.
MoneyGram money transfer is completely untraceable and therefore is *not* safe to use with anyone you do not know personally. Along with Western Union it is a preferred method of online criminals to collect money from their victims.

Fraud email example:

From: MR Kinet wood <"BBBBBBBBBBBBB."@coffee.ocn.ne.jp>
Reply-To: MR Kinet wood <johnwelian189@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 21 Mar 2017 21:49:01 +0900 (JST)
Subject: Attention Dear Customer,

MONEY GRAM TRANSFER OFFICE
ADDRESS: Carrefour des trois Banques Avenue
Pape Jean Paul II, Cotonou, Benin
Hours: Open today Â· 8:00 am - 9:00 pm
Office Hotline(mr Kinet wood
Attention Dear Customer,

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is compensating all the 2016/17 scam victims and your email address was found in the scam victims list. This Money GramÂ®office has been mandated and instructed by the IMF to transfer your compensation to you via Money GramÂ® Money Transfer.

However, we have concluded to effect your own Compensation payment through Money GramÂ®Money Transfer, and the compensation sum is the total of $850,000.00. And this total sum would be sent to you in installment via Money Gram remittance office from our branch here/

We can not be able to send the payment with your email address alone, therefore you are advised to send us the needed below information to where we will be sending the funds installmentally:

Receivers name............
Country.....................
Address.....................
Telephone Number..............
Age & Sex...........................
Driver's License or ID copy...........................

Note that your payment files will be returned to the IMF within 72 hours if we did not hear from you because this was the instruction given to this branch by the IMF office.We will start the transfer as soon as we confirm the above requested details. You are hereby warned and advised not to communicate with any other monetary entities or duplicate this message for any reason what so ever because the Interpol and the United Nations has fully empowered this compensation payment.

Thanks for your understanding and cooperation as we look forward to hear form you urgently.

Sincerely,
Mr. Anthony Falz
Foreign Operation Payment Office
Money Gram Money Transfer OfficeÂ®
Office Hotline(mr Kinet wood

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