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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: "Dr.William Stanly" <western_union10152@yahoo.fr>
Reply-To: westernunion976@kimo.com
Date: Sat, 24 Nov 2012 18:34:29 +0000 (GMT)
Subject: CONTACT TO CLAIM YOUR FUND PAYMENT


Good Day:
How are you today? I am Dr.William Stanly a delegate from the united nation office regrade of your Fund,your name and your email address is listed Three person to paid Win VICTIMS Compensation fund $1,500,000 million each and your Name and your mail address is listed approved to pay the Compensation fund,Mr Larry Martin said you have sent then to claim the fund as next of kins of the fund and He forwarded us address below to send the fund $1,500,000 million on your behalf to them? are you where of this people??? or do you want us? collected the money and releasing the payment on your behalf to them????
Name..Mr Larry MartinADDRESS..1121 Odena RD Sylacauga,AL - Florida 35150Telepone..1-296-080-6501
And we are not so sure about this so that is why i am writing to know if this is true or not.edited in this transfer is $1,500,000 million and is a huge amount of money and this man is getting us confusing on what he is saying.We wish to inform you that United Nation and the (ECOWAS) have instructed us to send you the sum of $1,500,000 million.from your winning VICTIMS Compensation fund,$5000 dollar will sent to you twice daily $10,000 dollar through western union office as first collection of which you will be recovering every day until the  total sum of $1,500,000 million is completely transfer to you. This is the final notice you are going to receive the payment from western union office, do you get me? I hope you understand how many times this message has been sent to you or are you not ready to recieve your fund? Which have been mapped to your name today,moreover reconfirm your information below to the western union office for the pick up  your
payment $5000 dollar $10,000 dollar daily without delay,call at this Tel:+: +229-68441792 Agent western Union ( Rev Tony Mike )
Kindly Contact Western union Agent:Rev Tony MikeReply To This Email: ( unionwestern48@kimo.com )Tel:+: +229-68441792Preferred Payment Method 
As result of the information we got I told them to wait until I hear from you today or tomorrow,to know if you are still interested or not to receive this fund.lets release your full MTCN of your $5000 installment once we confirm your informations as soon as you receive this message response.
FULL NAME:........FULL CONTACT ADDRESS:.........YOUR COUNTRY:.....................MOBILE PHONENUMBER:............MARITAL STATUS AND AGE:......
Western Union AgentDr.William Stanly


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