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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: "loahmike@gmail.com" <reception@ABU-SAAD.COM>
Reply-To: <westernunionmt@worker.com>
Date: Sat, 12 Aug 2017 08:01:12 -0700
Subject: $1.500, 000.00 Compensation Fund Approve to pay you

Dear Estimate Customer.

You have been awarded $1.500, 000.00 through Western Union Money Transfer for compensation to retain the good image of our company.

Send your receiving information at (westernunionmt@worker.com) you have to be receiving a maximum of $6000 USD each day until the whole of $1.5M USD transfer complete. Contact the Western Union office immediately and also send your receivers information to start receiving your payment such as,

Receiver name,_______
Country,________
City,______
Question,________
Answer,_________

Very urgent to contact him right now or call him Mr.John Koskinen (westernunionmt@worker.com) +229-99221908

Best regard
Mrs. Christine Laggard

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