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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: mr philip swanson <andrewmorgan825@gmail.com>
Reply-To: mr philip swanson <western_unoin10@hotmail.com>
Date: Mon, 28 Sep 2015 01:14:43 +0900 (JST)
Subject: Attn please


Western Union Money Transfer.
Address: no. 5 western avenue cotonou,
West africa, republic du' benin


Attn please,

This is to notify you about the latest development concerning all your payments that are left in our custody which your were supposed to receive earlier last year 2014. Besides, you were given a bill of $265 in order to receive your payments of which we didn’t hear from you for sometime now....

Hence, our western union is now offering a special bonus to help all our customers that are having their payments in our custody due to of prices in other words; we are now requesting that you should only pay the sum of $65 only to receive your payments.
Besides, my dear these are the opportunity for you to comply and your funds shall be transfer to your designated address.

But remember that after (3 days) you did not make the payment then we will retrieve your transfers, so try to avoid this problem because this year is not like last year.
gain after (three days) we will enter a new project for the year and that is the reason why we decided to help you before we enter into the new project.
So we advise you send only $65 today so that we will register and update your payments for you to start receiving your $6,000 daily as from today. Be advice that there is no time again for we to call any person on phone unless you will call. Phone: Tel: (+229) 61975720

After the payment of $65 you will start receiving your money every day $6,000 through western union until your total amount of funds $920.000 is fully paid to you. Below is the mtcn numbers which you will use to pick up the first $6,000 it will be update in few hours time once we receive the fee from you.

Senders Name Richard  Brown
MTCN        8642816963
Question: Best Color
Answer: Yellow
Amount: $6,000

Don’t expose this numbers to anybody else. You should send the $65 through western union money transfer with the written information below and email me back with the payment informations once you do that.

SEND THE REQUIRED FEE TO THIS INFO:

RECEIVER:     MIKE IKE

COUNTRY:        BENIN REPUBLIC
CITY                    COTONOU
QUESTION:         TODAY?
ANSWER:            YES

The moment you do that, write out the payment infomations written on the payment slip, forward it back to us which will enable in confirming the payment you sent such as,
MTCN#
SENDER'S NAME
SENDER'S ADDRESS
AMOUNT:
Note; this is the only payment you are required to make in this regards for every other fee have been waived by the Federal Ministry.
As soon as we confirm the fee today, we will immediately activate your mtcn# and notify you then you go and pick up your $6,000 today as stated. Please note that you need to go along with your passport ID or Drivers license when you need to pick up the transfer today okay.
Waiting on your urgent respond.
Sincerely,
Sender: mr philip swanson
Western Union Cotonou-Benin Republic

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