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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 David William <"www."@aioros.ocn.ne.jp>
Reply-To: MR David William <western.union94@outlook.com>
Date: Tue, 21 Feb 2017 00:36:03 +0900 (JST)
Subject: FROM:WESTERN UNION MONEY TRANSFER

FROM:WESTERN UNION MONEY TRANSFER

Greetings to you and your family We need you to forward your transferring information to us for immediate transfer
of your fund of $5.8MILLION USD that was deposited under western union Benin republic,
You will be receiving $5,000.per day until total fund of $5.8MILLION is fished.

So do reply us with required info detailed below,

Receiver's Name_

Country: _

Address: _

Phone Number: _


THANKS FOR YOUR SERVICE
FOR MORE INFORMATION PLEASE
CONTACT WITH THIS INFORMATIONS
BELOW:CONTACT PERSON: MR David William
TELEPHONE: +22997093344
EMAIL:{western.union94@outlook.com}




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