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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: "scott" <scott@montgomeryprint.com>
Reply-To: westernunion7328@rocketmail.com
Date: Tue, 30 Apr 2013 11:30:56 -0500
Subject: Re: Re: WESTERN UNION OFFICE BENIN REPUBLIC

 DEAR BENEFICARY,
THIS IS TO INFORM YOU THAT THIS OFFICE WAS INSTRUCTED TO PAY YOUR FUND$2.8MILLION USA DOLLARS BY AMERICA SECURITY LEADING TEAM AND AMERICAREPRESENTATIVE EMBASSY BETWEEN NOW TILL END OF MAY 2013 PER DAY YOUWILL RECEIVE THE SUM OF $5,000 DOLLARS HOWEVER BE INFORMED THAT WE HAVESEND THE SUM OF $5,000 DOLLARS THIS MORNING TO AVOID CANCELLATION OFYOUR PAYMENT YOU HAVE ONLY FOUR HOURS TO CALL THIS OFFICE UPON THERECEIPT OF THIS EMAIL THE MAXIMUM AMOUNT YOU WILL BE RECEIVING PER ADAY STARTING FROM TODAY IS $5,000 IN THREE DIFFERENT PAYMENTS AND THEMTCN OF TODAY IS BELOW.

MTCN NUMBERS : 9947 593 632
SENDER'S NAME:.....MR VICTOR BROWN
TEXT QUESTION: ....IN GOD
ANSWER: ....WE TRUST
AMOUNT: ...$5,000 USD

FURTHERMORE YOU ADVISED TO CALL THE  WESTERN UNION DIRECTOR MR VICTORBROWN AS THE INSTRUCTION WAS PASSED THAT WITHIN FOUR HOURS WITHOUTHEARING FROM YOU.YOUR PAYMENT  WILL BE CANCELLED.IN ADDITIO TO THIS,THE NUMBER TO CALL IS BELOW LISTED MANAGER DIRECTOR OFFICE OF RELEASEORDER:(+229 98523598)( westernunion7328@rocketmail.com ) THANKS AND
MY REGARDS
MR ADAM HALL



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