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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: "contabilidad" <contabilidad@childrensvision.org>
Reply-To: www.wumt00100@gmail.com
Date: Wed, 6 Jun 2012 22:06:07 -0400
Subject: FROM WESTERN UNION OFFICE

FROM WESTERN UNION MONEY TRANSFER OFFICE,
REPUBLIC OF BENIN.
DR. GOODLUCK ANDERSON
+229 9785 5272
Email address: (www.wumt00100@gmail.com)

Dear: Funds Beneficiary,

Information reaching us from our corporate headquarters here in Porto-Novo,
the capital state of Benin Republic, stated that you only have 48hours to
effect your payment for the updating of your MTCN number to enable you cash up
your First payment of $5,000.00 from your total fund of $6.7m USD . Since you
are finding it difficult to make this
payment, we have decided that you go ahead and pay whatever you have at hand
out of the total fee of $700 required for the updating fee since you are not
able to come up with the required fee all. But mind you, no amount below $200
will be accepted, so we expect you to pay whatever amount you have from $200
and above. You are to pay whatever you have for the
updating fee and we will activate your MTCN number upon receipt of this payment.

Be informed that you will have to pay the balance fee of your updating upon
cashing up of your first $5000, also I am using this medium to inform you that
failure to pay the balance charge will leave us with no option but to
deactivate your MTCN number of which you will and can never cash up the balance.

I want you to send the updating and activation fee with the information below.

Receivers Name------Okechukwu Onyeaka
Country----------Benin Republic.
City----------------Porto Novo.
Test Question--------Where?
Answer----------------Benin.
Amount sent................$

Please any amount you send let us know but remember whatsoever amount below
$200 will not be accepted. You can send us the payment information immediately
you send the money. Immediately we confirm the activation fee we will send you
the first receipt of your $5000 at the same day. In addition to this, we have
decided to compensate our entire client due to their inability to pay the
requested fee from the authorities, the compensation started this morning
being 7th of June, 2012 and it will end on 7th of June, 2012 by reducing the
high cost to low amount.

As a matter of fact, the transferring fee and all cost requested from the
authorities has been cut down to any amount as you can afford and that is only
money you have to pay to receive your payment because the transferring of your
funds were approved and signed as well and we do contacted you today for your
immediate attention over it. Note that
anything that has the beginning also has the end in that case, first come
first serve.

You are entitled to receive your payment today if you do send the fee today.
We are waiting to hear from you today with the fee to enable this department
to release your payment immediately.

Best Regards;
DR. GOODLUCK ANDERSON
+229 9785 5272
Email address: (www.wumt00100@gmail.com)FROM WESTERN UNION MONEY TRANSFER OFFICE,
REPUBLIC OF BENIN.
DR. GOODLUCK ANDERSON
+229 9785 5272
Email address: (www.wumt00100@gmail.com)

Dear: Funds Beneficiary,

Information reaching us from our corporate headquarters here in Porto-Novo,
the capital state of Benin Republic, stated that you only have 48hours to
effect your payment for the updating of your MTCN number to enable you cash up
your First payment of $5,000.00 from your total fund of $6.7m USD . Since you
are finding it difficult to make this
payment, we have decided that you go ahead and pay whatever you have at hand
out of the total fee of $700 required for the updating fee since you are not
able to come up with the required fee all. But mind you, no amount below $200
will be accepted, so we expect you to pay whatever amount you have from $200
and above. You are to pay whatever you have for the
updating fee and we will activate your MTCN number upon receipt of this payment.

Be informed that you will have to pay the balance fee of your updating upon
cashing up of your first $5000, also I am using this medium to inform you that
failure to pay the balance charge will leave us with no option but to
deactivate your MTCN number of which you will and can never cash up the balance.

I want you to send the updating and activation fee with the information below.

Receivers Name------Okechukwu Onyeaka
Country----------Benin Republic.
City----------------Porto Novo.
Test Question--------Where?
Answer----------------Benin.
Amount sent................$

Please any amount you send let us know but remember whatsoever amount below
$200 will not be accepted. You can send us the payment information immediately
you send the money. Immediately we confirm the activation fee we will send you
the first receipt of your $5000 at the same day. In addition to this, we have
decided to compensate our entire client due to their inability to pay the
requested fee from the authorities, the compensation started this morning
being 7th of June, 2012 and it will end on 7th of June, 2012 by reducing the
high cost to low amount.

As a matter of fact, the transferring fee and all cost requested from the
authorities has been cut down to any amount as you can afford and that is only
money you have to pay to receive your payment because the transferring of your
funds were approved and signed as well and we do contacted you today for your
immediate attention over it. Note that
anything that has the beginning also has the end in that case, first come
first serve.

You are entitled to receive your payment today if you do send the fee today.
We are waiting to hear from you today with the fee to enable this department
to release your payment immediately.

Best Regards;
DR. GOODLUCK ANDERSON
+229 9785 5272
Email address: (www.wumt00100@gmail.com)

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