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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:

Fraud email example:

From: Solomon Chukwu <solmonchukwu75@msn.com>
Reply-To: <fundverificationdept@funcionario.com>
Date: Tue, 28 Apr 2009 14:46:39 +0000
Subject: Contact Director Western Union Office




DEAR,

WE HAVE COCOULDED YESTERDAY WITH THE GOVERNOR OF ECO BANK HERE IN BENIN REPUBLIC THAT YOU SHOULD START RECEIVING YOUR PAYMENT OF $1.5MILLION.USD THROUGH WESTERN UNION MONEY TRANSFER FROM TODAY , BUT YOU WILL BE RECEIVING $5000.00 USD ONLY PER A DAY, SO YOU ARE ADVISE TO CONTACT THE WESTERN UNION OPERATOR DR. HILARY BERRY RIGHT NOM AND RE-CONFIRM YOUR INFORMATION TO HIM RIGHT NOW SO THAT YOU WILL RECEIVE YOUR FIRST PAYMENT IMMEDIATELY FROM NOW.

HOWEVER, KINDLY CONTACT THE BELOW PERSON WHO IS IN POSITION TO RELEASE YOUR PAYMENT BY WESTERN UNION PER $5,000 A DAY.

THIS IS HIS CONTACT EMAIL ADDRESS ( fundverificationdept@funcionario.com )
DIRECTOR NMANE:DR. HILARY BERRY
MOBILE:+229-938-717-69

THE WESTERN UNION PAYMENT CENTER HAS BEEN MANDATED TO ISSUE OUT YOUR PAYMENT AND YOU HAVE TO STOP ANY FURTHER COMMUNICATION WITH ANY OTHER PERSON(S) OR OFFICE(S) TO AVOID ANY HITCHES IN RECEIVING YOUR PAYMENT.

NOTE THAT THE ADMINISTRATOR PAYMENT NEED THIS DETAILS FROM YOU TO PROCESS YOUR PAYMENT:

RECEIVER'S NAME..........
COUNTRY'S NAME /CODE...
TELEPHONE NUMBER......
TEST QUESTION /TEST ANSWER.....

COMPLY NOW BECAUSE AS SOON AS YOU SENT THIS REQUIRED DETAILS TO DR.HILARY BERRY, HE WILL START SENDING YOUR PAYMENT BY WESTERN UNION.AND DO LET ME KNOW IMMEDIATELY YOU GET YOUR MONEY FOR US TO SHARE THE JOY TOGETHER.

YOURS IN SERVICE
MR. SOLOMON CHUKWU
FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF BENIN.

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