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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: "WESTERN UNION MONEY TRANSFER" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <wumtdepartment2012@live.com>
Date: Sat, 30 Jun 2012 19:52:09 -0700
Subject: YOUR COMPENSATED FUNDS OF $500.000 USD

Attention.

The below payment has been awarded to you by the Nigeria Government/World Bank to compensate you on the past experience you had with the Nigeria Fraudsters. I write to inform you that we have already sent you $5,000.00USD through Western Union,as the Western Union, Nigeria. Has been mandated to transfer your full compensation payment of the total sum of $500,000.00USD by the Government. I have a good authority to email you the MTCN and sender's details to enable you pick up the first $5,000.00,USD and confirm receipt to us so as to enable us wire the next USD5,000.00 USD by tomorrow since we can only send USD5,000.00USD a day.

Please pick up this MTCN information and track it on the Website below to confirm the availability of the funds. https://www.westernunion.ca

1. Senders Fisrt Name: Gabriel
2. Senders Last Name: Eze
3. Senders Address: Edo-State, Nigeria.
4. Amount Sent: $5,000 USD.
5. Money Transfer Control Number: 6056815500.
6. Test Question: RECOVER. Answer: FUND


Please take note that you are to fill in your information for proper verification in other for them to release it before you can go and pick it up.

Western Union contact information:
Manager: Mr. Jason Flynn
Email: wumtdepartment2012@live.com

Full Name...............................
Age......................................
Sex......................................
Occupation................................
State....................................
Country...................................
Direct Telephone Number...................

As soon as you fill in the information, you have to wait, to get a response from them before going to the Western Union.

Best Regards,
Mrs Joane Adams.
western Union Department, Nigeria Branch.
+2348079064051

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