419 scam: "Mr.Billy A Wagers"<test@youth4work.in> Attention: Beneficiary....THIS IS FROM THE SCAM VICTIM HEAD OFFICE.

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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. )
- "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. )
- "million dollars" (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)
- ",500,000" (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)
- "you are advice to " (this email uses bad English)
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.
- billyawagers@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Mr.Billy A Wagers" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <Billyawagers@yahoo.com>
Date: Fri, 20 Mar 2020 12:37:27 +0800
Subject: Attention: Beneficiary....THIS IS FROM THE SCAM VICTIM HEAD OFFICE.

Attention: Beneficiary.

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is compensating all the scam victims and your email address was found in the scam victim's list. This Western Union office has been fully mandated by the IMF to transfer your compensation to you via Western UnionR Money Transfer.However, we have concluded to affect your own payment through Western UnionR Money Transfer, $5,000 twice daily until the total sum of $12.500.000 Million is completely transferred to you. We can not be able to send the payment with your email address alone; thereby we need your information as to where we will be sending the funds.Your first Payment has been sent. This payment was directed to be made available in your full information immediately you reconfirmed your full information as the following below.

This letter is written in order to change your Life from today. Please note that this letter came to you as a result of information received from our monitoring network regarding so much payments which you sent through Western Union and Money Gram to Europe, USA, Asia and Africa and some other part of the World without receiving any payment to your name, further investigation reveals that you have lost hope towards receiving your payment after being deceived so many times.

Following the on going re-branding of USA policies, the Federal Government of USA have directed our committee to compensate/refund the sum of $12,500,000 to you through payment by ATM CARD being one of the most convenient means of receiving payment World Wide, Bank to Bank Transfer or CASH Delivery to your Country. We wish to inform you that the members of Refund Payment Committee are honourable men of Great Repute and integrity who have served the Government of USA in different capacities, we also wish to inform you that the Committee members were appointed by our respected President Donald Trump to pay 12.5 million Dollars to the listed beneficiaries that have lost their money to the scammer and have not yet receive their total sum. In order for you to receive your payment this week, you are advice to contact the below Agent:

Agent Name: Mr Billy Wagers
Agent Email Address: billyawagers@yahoo.com

Your Full Name:............................
Your Home Address:..........................
Your Country/ City:.............
Your Age:...............
Your Sex..................
Your Direct Phone Number:...........................
Your ID copy:...........................

Reply back with your full information. Note that your payment files will be returned to the IMF within 72 hours if we did not hear from you, this was the instruction given to us by the IMF. We will start the transfer as soon as we received your information.

Remain Bless
Yours Sincerely

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