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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: <davis.mark02@centrum.cz>
Date: Sat, 14 Mar 2009 12:56:37 +0100
Subject: ATTENTION: BENEFICIARY WESTERN UNION MONEY TRANSFER PAYMENT


ATTENTION:=C2=A0 BENEFICIARY WESTERN UNION MONEY TRANSFER PAYMENT
=C2=A0
Compliments of the season, I am Prince Collins Sharpman, a Branch manager=
of=C2=A0 Bank of Africa=C2=A0 in Littoral municipal town in Benin Republ=
ic,There is an issue with the WESTERN UNION MONEY TRANSFER office in the =
amount of $1,500.000.00 USD=C2=A0 directed in cash credited to file KTU/9=
023BOA, at the owner of this email address. The INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FU=
ND contacted us for your compensation a couple of hours ago due to your a=
llocated security code.

They said that they choose to send it to an email address instead of a na=
me. We are unable to complete a transfer directed at an email address, so=
we require some more information in order to complete this transfer.
=C2=A0=20
1, Full Names............
2, Address...........
3, Country..................
4, Occupation...............=20
5, Position Held...............
6, Cell/ Telephone Number......
7, Copy your ID for easy identification.....

In order to resolve this problem,please email us via Western Union Solici=
tors Fund Verification Department Benin: (collinsharp@live.com )
Management of Western Union Money Transfer Head Office and our Motto is T=
o Serve You Better.Contact us on our website on www.westernunion.co.uk=C2=
=A0 also note that you would be responsible for any payment that is neede=
d for the transfer of your funds into your nominated bank account or at t=
he counter directly from the Western Union Transferring Bank.
=C2=A0
THE MANAGEMENT OF WESTERN UNION MONEY TRANSFER,HEAD OFFICE.

DISPATCHED THIS DAY
Sincerely,
Prince Collins Sharpman

Contact, collinsharp@live.com

www.westernunion.co.uk
Western Union Payments
=C2=A0=20
Western Union=C2=AE=20
Welcome to Western Union Phone:+229 93 160 528
Send Money Worldwide

=C2=A0



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