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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: "Mr. Phillip Richard," <offis--------09833@att.net>
Reply-To: western_unionoffe86@live.com
Date: Thu, 3 Mar 2011 01:53:07 -0800 (PST)
Subject: Attention: My Dear,




Attention: My Dear,

This western union money transfer office is writing to inform your about the two payments which we made to your this morning amount of $7400 which your supposed to pick up today to enable us send your another three payments tonight which your will pick up first thing tomorrow morning, but to make your understand that this two transfer which have made to your already out of your total funds sum of $2.8million united state dollars is on hold because of the needed charge to have it signed released order by Benin republic federal high court as it is highly amount of money.

This western union money transfer manager asked us to write you’re a message about this payment done to your so that your will track it online and see that it is online waiting for your for your to pick it up, but your will not be enable to pick it up until your can send us the needed charge to have it signed released order, so that your will start receiver it without any problem or any one asking your any kindly of question when your start picking up your payments.

For the information coming to your from this office, it will make your understand that your will start picking up your payments in any western union money transfer office beside your within the next 25minutes after your send the needed charge of $86 and email is the payment information or call on phone to give the payment MTCN so that our accountant will cash it to enable us have your transfers signed released order as that is only holding up your transfers to enable your start picking it up.

So, I will like your to try all your possibly best as much as your can to make sure that your call us or email us as soon as your receiver this message and also try to go to any western union money transfer office with the receiver information down this email to send us the needed fee, as soon as your send it I will like your to call us with the payment information or email us the payment information so that our accountant will pick it up here and within the next 25minutes after he pick it up we will have your transfers signed released order and let your start picking up your payments in any western union money transfer office over there in your country and nothing is going to delay or hold it after your send this needed fee as this is the only needed fee to have this your payments released on hold ok.

HERE IS YOUR TWO TRANSFER PAYMENT INFORMATION WHICH IS ONLINE WAITING FOR YOUR TO PICK IT UP AS SOON AS YOUR SEND THE NEEDED FEE TO HAVE IT RELAESED ON HOLD.

SENDERS NAME=== John Parker

MTCN NUMBER=== 3691327700

TEST QUESTION=== HOW LONG AFTER PAYMENT?

ANSWER======== WITHIN 25MINUTES.

AMOUNT SENT=== $7400

TRACK THE PAYMENTS INFORMATION ONLINE OUR WEBSITE: WWW.WESTERNUNION.COM

We will email you’re the full information that your will used to pick up this payments within the next 25minutes after your send us the needed charge, again your know need to go to any western union money transfer office with this information I give to your now because it will not show up there until your send the needed charge to get it released on hold, but your can track it on your system and see by yourself that it is online and you will start picking it up in the next 25minutes after your send the fee ok.

YOUR CAN USE THIS RECEIVER INFORMATION TO SEND THE NEEDED FEE OK.

RECEIVERS NAM.......UDEALOR CHINAKA

COUNTRY………… BENIN REPUBLIC

CITY………………… COTONOU

QUESTION…….. HOW LONG?

ANSWER……… 25MINUTES

AMOUNT……. $86

SENDERS NAME….?

MTCN NUMBER…..?

I wanted you to make sure that your respond to this message will be with the needed fee payment information if your don’t have it at hand then go out there and meet your friends or family to loan you’re the money and send it promise the person that your will pay back the money in the next 25minutes as your will pick up your two transfers in the next 25minutes after your make the payment to have your transfers released on hold ok.

Try to call us with this telephone number

Email: western_unionoffe86@live.com  this western union office will be looking forward to hear right back from your by email or phone call ok.

I am waiting for your urgent response,

My regards to your family.

Mr. Phillip Richard,

Tel: +22999941852

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