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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. James Collins" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <westerrnunoin3@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 17 Oct 2016 09:20:09 -0700
Subject: Contact Western Union Office: E-mail: ( westerrnunoin3@gmail.com ) Urgent!.

Attention E-mail Owner :,

We have deposited the check of your Scam Victim`s Compensation fund worth valued of ($2.700`000`00USD) through Western Union department after our meeting with United Nation / International Monetary Fund (IMF) regarding your Compensation fund, All you will do is to contact Western Union director Mr. John Carlos via E-mail: ( westerrnunoin3@gmail.com ). He will give you direction on how you will be receiving the funds daily.Remember to send him your Full information to avoid wrong transfer such as,

Receiver's Name_______________
Address: ________________
Country: _____________
Phone Number: _____________

So, contact Mr. John Carlos or you call him +229-68292098 as soon as you receive this email and tell him to give you the Western Union MTCN Number, sender name and question/answer to pick the $5,000 us dollars. Please let us know as soon as you received all your fund,

Best Regards.
Mr. James Collins
United Nation/ (IMF) OFFICE

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