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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.Collins Moore" <lonzelc@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: westernunion_agent_mrcollinsmoor@yahoo.es
Date: Mon, 24 Jan 2011 09:14:00 -0800 (PST)
Subject: PICK UP YOUR $7,000.00 FORM WESTERN UNION MONEY TRANSFER


Attn: Beneficiary,
Be informed that your part-payment of (US$800.000) from International Monetary Fund Unit (IMF) has been approved to transfer via our department of Western Union, Meanwhile your urgent respond is highly needed with the re-confirmation of your details where and how to receive your funds in our office such as:
Your Name:.....
Country:......
State and City.......
Address..........
Telephone
Number............
Age...........
Sex.........
Occupation.........

Also the payment of US$7000.00 has already been made through Western Union for you to pick it up, but due to the instruction we received from International Monetary Fund Unit (IMF), You are required to pay sum of (US$62 usd) to activate your payment files and also to ensure you are the right person to receive the fund. Upon reception of the Activation fee, you can pick up the first transfer of US$7000.00 (M.T.C.N): 5551911223


Senders First Name: MARCEL
Senders Last Name: ONWUJIEKWE
Question: WHO?
Answer: ME
Amount: $7000.00 USD

Call all or email me once you picked up this $7,000 USD today. Here is the western union information, you can also track it on-line at https://wumt.westernunion.com for confirmation before going to their office to pick up.

You can easily get back to us via email or telephone# for more details  while the amount you will be confirming daily is (US$7,000.00) starting from the day we receive the Activation fee. You are to use the name below to send the Activation Fee via Western Union and send payment details to this
Email:westernunion_agent_mrcollinsmoor@yahoo.es

RECEIVER NAME ---------- MR GABRIEL EZE C
CITY--------------------COTONOU
COUNTRY-------------------BENIN REPUBLIC
TEST QUESTION---------------HONEST
TEST ANSWER-----------------PAYMENT
AMOUNT------------------------$62 US DOLLAR ONLY
SENDER NAME..............
MTCN.............

We are looking forward to hearing from you.
Thank you.
Mr.Collins Moore
Tel: +229 99-89-53-36
Office +229-98-45-12-88
Email: westernunion_agent_mrcollinsmoor@yahoo.es
Manager Western Union Benin Republice.







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