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Fake MoneyGram Payment Emails Being Sent by Scammers

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Fake MoneyGram Payment Emails Being Sent by Scammers

If you have received fake MoneyGram emails like the one below, which ask recipients to make payment in order to receive thousands or millions of dollars, please do not follow the instructions in them. This is because the fake emails are being sent online scammers who are attempting to trick their potential victims into sending them money for some so-called payment their victims will never receive.'

Usually, scammers use email addresses from free email providers like Hotmail.com, AOL.com, Yahoo.com or Gmail.com. So, once you see a MoneyGram email message coming from one of those email addresses, that is a red flag that it is a fake.

A Sample of a Fake MoneyGram Payment Email

From: Mr Gary Ball <joywilliam45@yahoo.com>
Date: February 23, 2019 at 8:41:58 AM EST
Subject: Good Day
Reply-To: Mr Gary Ball <moneygram448@aol.com>
I am Mr.Gary Ball due to our Manager was pasted away last week I was appointed as new Manager in this money gram office and I went through our office payment files and find out that you have sum of $1 million here in our custody since last two years ago ,I later observed that you need to comply with sum of $150 in order to starts receive your payment.
I am writing to inform you that I have sum amount of money at hand to assist you to complete your transaction here in our custody, but it's not yet complete and secondly you have to assure me that after I assisted you on this transfer,as soon as you receive your first installation payment that you will refund my money back to me. The reason why I want to assist you out of this payment,because if this fund last for more than three months in our custody, it will transfer to Government account.I need your urgent respond today,so that we shall starts process your transfer of your first $3,000.00.each mtcn and you will be allow to received three payments per day which is $9,000.00 you.reconfirm Your Receiver Details such as Your name_Address_Country_City_Tell.Send all these needed information in this Email (moneygram448@aol.com)
I am looking forward to hear from you as the funds beneficiary.
Thanks and God bless,
Mr.Gary Ball.
Foreign Operation Manager.

If you have received a suspicious MoneyGram email, go to MoneyGram's legitimate website at www.moneygram.com, select your location, then click the "Contact Us" page. You can then report a fraudulent email or contact them and ask them to verify a suspicious email using the email address or telephone number listed on the page.

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Sep 13, 2022 at 5:13 AM by an anonymous user from: Fairbury, Illinois, United States

"ATTENTION
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ATTENTION

It is my pleasure to inform you that your funds is deposited in Money Gram
remitting office here and we hereby write to inform you that we have sent
your full compensation payment of $1.5 million USD through money gram and
you will be receiving $4,500 usd Per day and we have send you the first
payment.
So contact our director Richrad christian and ask him to give you the money
gram payment information so that you can be able to pick up your First
payment of your funds through money gram without any problem.

Contact him with the bellow information.
Call or text him 1(724)2154125

AND CONTACT HIM WITH YOUR FULL INFORMATION.
1. Full name .............
2. Country...............
3. Contact Address..........
4. Telephone Number ......
5. Marital Status .........
6. Occupation .............
7. Company ..............
8. Age...................

email him now so that He can provide the money gram information to
you.
director :Richrad christian
Thanks and Remain Blessed"

It's all SCAMs to find out just call the number using *67 before the number that shows your number as unlisted to them and you should get a MoneyGram, Western Union or whatever greeting.
But the best way to tell if it is a SCAM is to just look at the email addresses.
No government agency, bank or delivery company would ever use free email servers like, AOL, Hotmail, Outlook, Yahoo, Gmail, citromail.hu or the likes.

Aug 10, 2020 at 8:09 PM by an anonymous user from: Brooklyn, New York, United States

I NEED TO KNOW IF THIS IS A SCAM?

"WESTERN UNION MONEY TRANSFER.
ADDRESS:411 GREATER.H.STREET
NAIROBI KENYA REPUBLIC,
W7 7DB, HAMPSTEAD ROAD,
PHONE NUMBER 254791020033

Dear Customer

The Board of Western Union Head Office has received your email in regard to your $10.500,000.00 usd we 're instructed to transfer to you in daily bases and I want you to know that we tried to start transferring your daily payment but the International Fund Clearing Office requested that your payment must be approved by obtaining an Identification Clearance Certificate from their office in the cost of $108.00 usd before we can be able to release your first payment of $5000.00 usd, So you are advised to pay $108.00 usd for us to obtain the needed Identification Clearance Certificate immediately, and if you want us to open an online account for you here fine we will do it after you send the fee so that you will be transferring your fund from your online account to your bank account ok.

HERE IS THE INFORMATION TO SEND THE $108.00 USD THROUGH WESTERN UNION WITH THIS INFORMATION BELOW OR WE WILL GIVE YOU OUR PAYPAL ACCOUNT IF YOU WANT OK.

Receiver's Name::::::: Daniel MomanyI Mairura
Country:::::::: Kenya Republic
City:::::::::: Nairobi
Amount::::::::$108.00
Test Question:::: Who
Test Answer::::: God
Sender's Name::::
Mtcn: :::::::::

Feel free to reach us on the above email address,Customer Care Case Management Team Western Union International.

MR. JOSE EKE
DIRECTOR GENERAL WESTERN UNION INTERNATIONAL KENYA REPUBLIC.

On Tue, Aug 11, 2020 at 1:42 AM Felisha Madden wrote:
Hello this is felisha madden my address is 108 Woodland Terrace, Morgantown, WV 26505 USA. AND MY PHONE NUMBER 1(681-285-1164)

Felisha N Madden"

Is this a scam

Aug 10, 2020 at 9:04 PM by info

It is a scam.

Aug 10, 2020 at 8:06 PM by an anonymous user from: Brooklyn, New York, United States

MR. JOSE EKE
DIRECTOR GENERAL WESTERN UNION INTERNATIONAL KENYA REPUBLIC. They are a scam, don't trust.

Apr 13, 2020 at 8:58 AM by an anonymous user from: Independence, Missouri, United States

"Henry Jakubovic
Sun 4/12/2020 1:17 PM

Hello,

I wish to inform you that a DONATION gift was made to you, kindly contact Mr. François Pinault francoispnault044-gmail.com for more info.

Regards,

Mr. Henry Jakubovic."

I received this.

Feb 20, 2020 at 1:50 PM by info

"From: Money Gram Foreign Operation
Date: Fri, 21 Feb 2020 at 12:28 am
Subject: Always update me to know when you have confirmed your payment .
To:

Dear Sir,

How are you,I hope fine, I conclude with the management of ING bank Belgium that will release your payment directly to your account,and I am happy to inform you that all the necessary arrangement has been finalized and your fund has channeled to ING bank Belgium where it will finally release to your account next week.

You are hereby advice to contact Dr. Nicolas Renard Director, Foreign Operations Department ING Bank Belgium through this email address ( bjohn485-aol.com ) soon as you receive this for more information on how to receive your payment next week .

Always update me to know when you have confirmed your payment .

Regards,
Barr Philip John."

Here is another scam.