419 scam: "Mr.Benedict Hill" <wwww.@festa.ocn.ne.jp> Greetings to you 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. )
- "mtcn" (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 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.
- +22999690686 (Benin, probably a prepaid mobile phone)
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.
- westernunionoffice91@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Mr.Benedict Hill" <wwww.@festa.ocn.ne.jp>
Reply-To: "Mr.Benedict Hill" <westernunionoffice91@yahoo.com>
Date: Sat, 20 Jan 2018 05:54:34 +0900 (JST)
Subject: Greetings to you Beneficiary:

Greetings to you Beneficiary:

Thanks for your E-mail we received dated on 4/1/2018 and we do apologies for our late respond due to that we were busy attending to other customers and I write to inform you that we have already sent you, your first payment of USD5,000.00 dollars today through Western union as we have been given the mandate to transfer your full compensation payment total sum of ($7.500`000`00 USD) via western union by the government.

Therefore you should call Mr.Benedict Hill, to give you more information through phone or email him immediately, and I decided to email you with your MTCN and sender name so that you will pick up your first payment of USD5,000.00. today to enable us send another USD5,000.00 tomorrow as you know we will be sending you only USD5,000.00 per day.

Please pick up this information and run to any western union in your Country to pick up your first payment of USD5,000.00 and call me back to send you another payment tomorrow, My direct phone line is ;+229-9969-0686, Manager Mr.Benedict Hill. Email: (westernunionoffice91@yahoo.com) call or email me once you picked up this USD5,000.00 today,

Here is the western union information to pick up the USD5,000.00; and you can also Track it up in our website: ,(https://www.wu.com/AL/en/track-transfer.html)

(1) (M.T.C.N):2239186421
(2)Sender's Name: Benson
(3)Senders Last Name: ken
3)Amount::: $5000.00 dollars.
4)Text Question: When
5)Text Answer: Now

I am waiting for your call once you pick up this USD5,000.00,

Yours in service
Mr.Benedict Hill
UBA Bank Benin Republic

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