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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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Fraud email example:

From: "WESTERN UNION" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <wunion_agency@w.cn>
Date: Thu, 20 Oct 2011 19:56:40 -0700
Subject: TRANSFER OF FUND[W.U]




>From Western Union Money Transfer:
Office In charge Of Your Fund.

Attn: Fund Beneficialy,

We want to inform you that an approved payment of S$1.5million US dollars was discover in our wester union payment system during our end year auditing as your out standing balance made to be paid to you via wester union.

considering the largness of the amount , a cheque have been issued under your name to offset this payment please contact our western union money transfer department,Development Bank Of Singapore (DBS), kuala lumpur branch Malaysia with your Telephone number,Full Name, Your Country and adress so that they will ratify the information with the data in their system and your cheque will be send to you as soon as possible. E-mail( wunion_agency@w.cn )

Best Regards,

Mr.Carlson Ting

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