419 scam: Mrs Clara Anita <"www."@sweet.ocn.ne.jp> Money Gram Agent

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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:
- "moneygram" (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. )
- "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. )
- "money transfer control number" (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. )
- "to your nominated bank account" (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)
- "waiting for your urgent response" (scammers rush victims so they don't have time to think properly)
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.
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.
- moneygramofficecenter@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Mrs Clara Anita <"www."@sweet.ocn.ne.jp>
Reply-To: Mrs Clara Anita <moneygramofficecenter@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 16 Oct 2017 20:28:38 +0900 (JST)
Subject: Money Gram Agent

ATTENTION: YOU ARE WELCOME TO MONEY GRAM INTERNATIONAL MONEY TRANSFER!!
Dear Esteemed Customer, We have received your compensation fund the sum of 850,000,00 million USD only that was instruction to transferred to you by the ministry finance and here we re contacting you with the payment full details state below here OUR MONEY GRAM ONLINE CASH.

This is to notify you that your funds of $850,000,00 million USD has been programmed for immediate release with your nominated account but we can not transfer this funds directly to your nominated bank account, Because International Monetary Fund (IMF) didn't abide the plan by transferring because it advised to transfer to your name by the ministry finance, so we scheduled earlier to pay you $850,000,00 million USD ONLY through MONEY GRAM ONLINE CASH TRANSFER but the total amount can't be paid to you immediately so we decided that total amount will be paying per day the sum of $5,000 dollars only every day .

Then It became imperative to contact you on the subject matter because after the fund has been brought to our office to remit. somebody from your country by name Ejimofor Mark, he contacted us immediately and said you are on sick bed and and ordered him to contact us here to remit your first payment the sum of $5,000 USD using to his information to enable him pick up the fund presently under our custody for transfer on your behalf. The Official responsible for the presentation of your money valued $850,000,00 million USD inheritance quickly granted approvals to their application now waiting for final endorsement from Board of Trustees.

When our MONEY GRAM ONLINE CASH TRANSFER Debit Note was submitted to my desk for final Approvals before forwarding it to Board for endorsement, I noticed that there are discrepancies as there was no evidence of authorization letter from you for this beneficiary on claim Mr Mark Ambros to receive the fund on your behalf. I urgently summoned The Official responsible for the presentation of the inheritance and directed him to stop the movement of the funds and at the same time placed a stop order instruction on the funds pending when your views and comments are received with regards to this matter.

I hereby urged you to call or email us urgently for your comments which will be highly appreciated if you are still alive or not on sick bed with sum of require activation and changed name Only which you will enable us commence and activate your payment to change the to your name normally and you can track the prearrange transfer yourself to confirm the payment available to pickup therefore we will immediately activate and place it on your name once your is been paid immediately here and you will pickup the $5,000 USD ONLY immediately and Note that after receiving the sum today we will still send you another $5,000 USD until your total amount is completed okay thanks ,

This is the information of your prearrange transfer which you will use
to pick this $5,000 USD ONLY in any Money Gram transfer office around you in your
city immediately after you give us your attention for the activation.

Money Transfer Control Number (M.T.C.N): #:36261991
Receiver's First Name: Ejimofor
Receiver's Last Name: Mark
https://secure.moneygram.com/track)

Note: fail to contact me back we will not hesitate to continue the payment transfer activation with the name of the gentleman on claim Mr Ejimofor Mark if no response comes from you. Contact this office on this number:+229:64176020 Or e-mail me back using this address (moneygramofficecenter@gmail.com) as your silence will be a clear indication that you authorized him to effect the above changes i hope i made myself clear through this mail thanks and we are looking forward to hear from you today.

Also fill the information below to help us facilitate your transfer via MONEY GRAM ONLINE CASH
1) Your Full Name:.............
2) Country and Mobile:. .
3) Home/ Office Address:....
4) Profession and Age:.......

Am waiting for your urgent response
Mrs Clara Anita.
Executive Chief Financial Officer

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