419 scam: "Mr. Oyinkan Adewale" <"www."@viola.ocn.ne.jp> Compliment of the week.

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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:
- "your urgent reply" (scammers rush victims so they don't have time to think properly)
- "atpment56@outlook.com" (this email address has been used in a known scam)
- "atpment56@outlook.com" (this email address has been used in a known scam)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
This email lists mobile phone numbers. Use of such numbers is typical for scams because they allow criminals to conceal their true location. They can receive calls in an Internet cafe from where they send you emails, while pretending to be in some office.
- +22964144121 (Benin, probably a prepaid mobile phone)

Fraud email example:

From: "Mr. Oyinkan Adewale" <"www."@viola.ocn.ne.jp>
Reply-To: "Mr. Oyinkan Adewale" <atpment56@outlook.com>
Date: Sat, 6 Jan 2018 03:03:53 +0900 (JST)
Subject: Compliment of the week.

Dear sir,

Re: The release of your 6.5 Million U.S Dollars (including interest).

You have been listed by the Federal Government of Benin among the people they are owing that could not claim their over due payment and my bank has been mandated to pay you immediately. After proper verification of your payment we discovered that the only reason why you have not receive your funds since is because you have not sign the original contract documents of your payment which is against our law to pay a contractor without signing any contractual agreement documents and there is no way you will receive Millions of Dollars without signing any original contract documents. Please stop blaming Benin Government for not releasing your funds since because you are the caused of your problem for not signing these original documents. The people that has contacted you before do not know anything about this your outstanding payment.

Right now, we are ready to send you your original contract payment documents to your address so that you can sign them as the beneficiary of this payment, there is no way you will receive Millions of Dollars without signing any original documents to backup your payment because your bank may ask you to present backup documents of your payment and what do you have to present to them? you need these original documents so that you will see what you will presenting to your bank when we have transferred this funds to your account.

We are waiting for your urgent reply to enable us process your payment documents to enable us send it to you immediately for signing and for your bank account to be credited within 24 hours after signing these documents, or to Credited it into ATM VISA CARD, We need your full names and address to enable us process this your payment, Please send us your FULL NAME, PHONE number and your ADDRESS, so that we can start processing this payment in your favor, Contact us through this Email: (atpment56@outlook.com)

Yours Faithfully,

Mr. Oyinkan Adewale
Director,Foreign Operations
United Bank for Africa Benin.
Email: atpment56@outlook.com
Tell +229 6414-4121

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