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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: <wseternunionteam@yahoo.co.jp>
Date: Fri, 14 Sep 2012 06:48:07 -0400
Subject: WESTERN UNION MONEY TRANSFER FOR YOU TO PICK UP

The below payment has been awarded to you by the International Monetary Fund (IMF)/World Bank to compensate
you on the past experience had with the Nigeria scammers.I write to inform you that we have already sent you $2,180.00 through Western Union as we have been given the mandate to transfer your full compensation payment
total sum of US$2.2 Million via Western Union by the Government.I have on a good authority email you the MTCN and sender's details to enable you pick up the first $2,180.00,USD and confirm receipt to us so as to enable us wire the next USD2,180.00 by tomorrow and subsequent ones since we can only send USD2,180.00 a day.

Please pick up this information and get to any western union in your country to pick up the $2,180.00 and
email the Western Union outlets incharge of the payment so that they could send you another payment tomorrow.

Western Union contact information:

Manager: Mr. William Phillips
Email: wseternunionteam@yahoo.co.jp
Mobile: +2348022862456

Call or Email them once you picked up the $2,180.00 today, if there is any
problem with them paying you make sure to contact this Western outlet with
the information given to you above.You will also have to pay the sum of US$125.00
for the western union charges with the information below after confirming your money
is Available for pick up.

Receiver's Name: Michael Uwakwe
Location: Abuja-Nigeria.
Text Question: In God?
Answer: We Trust.
Amount: US$125.00

Please you are advice to fill the form bellow to enable easy recognition.

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

Below is the western union information for first pick up:

MTCN: 582-149-8696
Senders First Name: GREGORY
Senders Last Name: GARMAN
Text question: In God
Answer: We Trust
Amount: $2,180.00

Your can track directly from our website:
https://wumt2.westernunion.com/WUCOMWEB/transferStatusAction.do?method=load

They will be expecting your call once you pick up $2,180.00.

Best Regards,
Mr. William Phillips
WESTERN UNION MONEY TRANSFER.

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