419 scam: Lawrence <lawrenceobiorah010@gmail.com> Attention: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 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.
- lawrencennamdi049@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Lawrence <lawrenceobiorah010@gmail.com>
Reply-To: lawrencennamdi049@gmail.com
Date: Fri, 3 Jun 2022 01:04:06 -0930
Subject: Attention:Beneficiary

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Attention:Beneficiary

This is the Western Union Head office in Nigeria Alhaji Kesh
Mouhammed...We are here to inform you
that we got a compensation fund deposit of $2.700.000.00 USD,Two
Million Seven hundred thousand
dollars because the international Monitory Fund (IMF) and government
of Nigeria is compensating all
the scam victims and luckily your name and information appeared in the
list and the government
advised the IMF to deposit the funds here in our custody Western Union
head office to avoid any delay
or wrong transfer,

According to the International Monetary Fund and the government they
instructed us to start sending
the payments to you immediately today without any delay, Already we
programmed to transfer the funds
$5000.00 to you per daily until the funds is completely transferred to
you and we have sent out your

first payment $5,000 this morning which is below.

FIRST PAYMENT US$5,000

MTCN#________________________ 446-897-3305
Senderâ€™s First Name:-------Kesh
Senderâ€™s Last Name:------Mouhammed
Senderâ€™s Location:------- Government house,Nigeria no 36
Amount sent:------- $5,000.00 USD

The payment has automatically sent on your name from our system in our
office today which you will
receive everyday until your funds $2.700.000.00 is completely
transferred to you or we can transfer the whole funds to your account
through our Online bank to bank wire transfer which will take us only
2 days.

Your Details are needed such as,

Your Full name:________________
Your Home address:____________
Your Number:______________

Contact us here : lawrencennamdi049@gmail.com
Director name:ALHAJI KESH MOUHAMMED

You are advised to go to any nearest western union office and pick
your first payment $5000 today and

call us for your second payment tomorrow below,+2349048400787

Your Urgent response is needed once you pick your first payment,

Yours In Service
Western Union Director
ALHAJI KESH MOUHAMMED
Tel:+2349048400787

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