419 scam: "Mrs.Gloria Uzor" <shakienan123@gmail.com> PAYMENT NOTIFICATION

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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. )
- "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.
- officefill240@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Mrs.Gloria Uzor" <shakienan123@gmail.com>
Reply-To: officefill240@gmail.com
Date: Wed, 17 Aug 2022 11:22:57 +0300
Subject: PAYMENT NOTIFICATION

Dear Valued Customer:

PAYMENT NOTIFICATION

This is to inform you that your name and your contact details was
given to this office in respect of your outstanding payment owed to
you which you have not been able to receive despite your considerable
effort to receive your payment and after being cleared by the
authorized financial regulatory bodies,it was also discovered that
some unscrupulous individuals aiming to frustrate all your efforts
have removed some vital documents from your payment file. After much
strict scrutiny on your payment file,

Furthermore,you are advice to reconfirm your below information, full
name, address and direct contact telephone number to this Office for
the immediate transfer of your money through transfer department, the
contact information is as follows: Therefore Contact western union
agent Mr. SAMSON WILLIAMS , so that he will provide you today payment
MTCN number to pick up your first payment.

1. Full name,======
2. Phone number:===
3. Address=======
4. Age:==========
5. Occupation=====
6.Country========

We have been mandated by the United Nation (U.N) parliament to issue
out us$3.7m dollars in your favor this fiscal year 2022. Also for your
information, you have to stop any further communication with any other
person (s) or office(s) to avoid any further hitches in receiving your
payment. Note that because of impostors, we hereby issued our code of
conduct, which is (209) so you have to indicate this code when
contacting (Mr.SAMSON WILLIAMS) the western union agent in charge of
your payment. Using it is your subject.

Here below is Dr.Samson Williams (the western union agent in charge of
your payment) contact
details,Email:(officefill240@gmail.com) you have to
contact him now and supply him your contact details as listed above
for him to start sending Your funds to you $5,000 per a day without
any delay;

Mrs.Gloria Uzor
Western Union Agent.

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