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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: (sent from abused email account)
Date: Sat, 25 Oct 2008 17:05:21 +0200
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?FROM_OFFICE_OF_THE_WESTERN_UNION_MONEY_TRANSFER.?=


FROM OFFICE OF THE WESTERN UNION MONEY TRANSFER.
COTONOU BENIN REPUBLIC/ADDRESS 455 AGBOKOU,ANKPA ROAD
OPPOSITE TUNDE MOTORS COTONOU.
WEB SITE.www.westernunion.com http://site.www.westernunion.com/
ATTN;BENEFICIARY:

PLEASE YOU ARE ADVISE TO GO TROUGH THIS EMAIL CAREFULLY AND AND MAKE SURE YOU UNDERSTAND AND READY TO COMPLY WITH THE CONTENTS BEFORE REPLYING TO IT.WE GOT A REPORT THAT YOUR NAME IS ON LIST OF THOSE THEY CONSIGNMENT BOX WAS RETURN BACK TO BENIN DUE TO LONG STAYING IN CUSTOM CUSTODY IN YOUR COUNTRY, WE ARE INSTRUCTED BY FEDERAL MINISTRY OF FINANCE BENIN TO TRANSFER YOUR FUND TO YOU VIA OUR SERVICE (WESTERN UNION MONEY TRANSFER) SO YOU WILL BE RECIEVING $5,000.00 USD DAILY UNTILL IT COMPLETE THE CORRECT AMOUNT ($850,000.00).

MEANWHILE YOU ARE REQUIRE TO SEND US THE TRANSFER CHARGES WHICH IS $195 USD FOR THE $5,000.00 THAT WE HAVE ALREADY REMIT TO YOUR NAME BECAUSE WITH OUT THAT YOU CAN NOT PICK THE MONEY FOR IT IS ONHOLD. NOTE: THE REASON WHY WE NEED YOU TO SEND US THE $195 USD IS THAT WE TRIED TO DIDUCT THE TRANSFERING FEE OUT FROM YOUR FUND BUT THE MINISTRY ADMINISTRATOR TRUST FUND OF BENIN REPUBLIC TOLD US THAT NO ONE HAS ACESS OVER YOUR FUND AS IT HAVE BEEN SIGNED AND STAMPED THAT NO MONEY SHOULD BE DIDUCTED UNTIL IT GETS TO YOU TO AVOID FRAUD PENETRATION BEACUSE IF ANY ONE HAS ACESS TO THAT IT WILL INVOLVE YOU LOOSING YOUR FUND, NO ONE HAS TO BE TRUST EVEN YOUR MOTHER OR YOUR FATHER.

HERE IS THE INFORMATION OF THE ONE WE HAVE SENT READY TO YOU BUT IT WAS PICKED UP BY THE MANAGEMENT DUE TO LONG STAYING,REMEBER TO SEND THE TRANSFER CHARGES OF $195 BEFORE WE CAN RE-PROGRAM IT BACK TO YOU SO THAT YOU CAN HAVE ACCESS TO TRACK IT ON OUR WEB SITE.LETS WE FORGOT WE WILL LIKE YOU TO RECONFIRM YOUR CURRENT INFORMATION VIA EMAIL: ( western.unionplc80@yahoo.ca ) AGAIN TO AVOID MISTAKE,AS SOON AS YOU DID THAT,WE WILL RE-PROGRAM THE FUND BACK AND GIVE YOU THE CORRECT WIRED TRANSFAR INFORMATION,
WWW.WESTERNUNION.COM
Sender Name:RICK LANE
MTCN : 3764924700
Country-----------------AMerica
Question---------------what colour
Test Answer-----------------Green
Amount----------------------$5,000,00,
http://www.westernunion.com/info/selectCountry.asp
FINALY UPDATE US WITH HE $195 USD TO ENABLE US PROCEED ON YOUR PAYMENT IMMEDIATELY, BELOW IS THE INFORMATION YOU WILL USE TO REMIT THE $195 USD VIA WESTERN UNION MONEY TRANSFER BEEN OUR TRANSFERING CHARGE FOR YOUR $5,000.00 USD.
YOUR URGENT RESPOND IS HIGHLY NEEDED .

REGARDS
RICK LANE


---------------------- ALICE N°1 de la RELATION CLIENT 2008*--------------------
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