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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. Williams Thomson" <jim_nna2@yahoo.fr>
Reply-To: w_unionmoneytransfer102@yahoo.com
Date: Sat, 2 Oct 2010 01:26:29 +0000 (GMT)
Subject: WESTERN UNION MONEY TRANSFER MTCN: 98 3 082 95 66






FROM OFFICE OF THE WESTERN
UNION MONEY TRANSFER.
COTONOU BENIN REPUBLIC/ADDRESS 455
AGBOKOU,ANKPA ROADLAGOTES PALAR DESK OF DR DENISE JORDAN
 
TEL+229 665 612
90 
FAR+229 665 612
90 

 
 Attn,
 
With regards to our most efforts to get
your fund total sum of $1 Million ,transfered to you through western union
destrict here,we have made severally efforts but we were having difficulties due
to the fact that you have not completed our request so that we can be start
sending your fund as promised
$5000,00, per a day.
 


At this moment,we have gotten an approval
from the director of this branch office that we are to start transfering your
funds,and after we check our record file form and discovered you did not
pay  your Inco-oparetion  claim transfer charge  fee,that is why we putt your
first payment of $5000,00,unheld until you made payment of your Inco-oparetion 
claim transfer charge  fee, via our protocol officer Williams
Thomson ,in order to starting release your Mtcn ,which you would be using
to  receving your funds,track this your very mtcn number is avaliable to pick up
by you,but you cannot pick it now,because,we put it unheld.



 
Just access your first payment of
$5000,00,www.westernunion.com


 
SENDER NAME: Obinna Alomefuna

QUESTION///// GOD
TEST ANSWER//// BLESS
AMOUNT///// $5000.00 USD
MTCN:  
98 3 082 95 66
 
 We received your email in the respect of
your transfer every blessed day through western union money transfer,
Now I want to inform you that you have to be very fast about the transfer charge
because that is the only thing that hold you not to pick up your first
payment,
 
Meanwhile here is the information on how you are to send the
transfer charge;

1.RECEIVER NAME:..............Mr.PAIUS
AKWUOBI .
2.COUNTRY:...................Benin Republic
.
3.CITY : .................Cotonou.
4.TEST
QUESTION:.................ARE YOU SURE?
5.TEST
ANSWER:.......................YES ?
6.AMOUNT:..................$55,
USD 
M T C N..................
SENDER
NAME..........................
 
Note; that you are the one we are waiting
for so that your payment will be release to you with all the necessary
information, also it will go through the western
union location that you forward here.



Finally,your Mtcn is available now to
pick up by you after the total sum of $55,send into our custody for your
 Inco-oparetion  claim transfer charge
fee,Forward the rest information
like control numbers once you made the payment today.We are
hereby waiting to confirm the $55 ,in order to release your first
payment.
 

Inside the website,Click transfer status
and there you will see you a space for mtcn and the first and second name of the
sender where you type in and click check status for you to know that the money
is available to pick up by the reciever being you.You have to carry on the above directed instructions and then get back to
me immediately you made payment.To enable us release the funds for you.

 


Your Prompt response to this matter will be
useful for the collection of your funds.N/B : Present this mail confidential to
avoid anyone from tampering with the above payment codes highlighted above
because anyone that present these codes will automatically be entitled to claim
this contract award fund/benefits.


 
Western
Union Payments Send Money  Worldwide
Registered © 2009 - 2010
Western Union Money Transfer. All Right Reserved This email is intended for the
named recipient only and may contain privilegde and confidential information. If
you have received this email in error, please notify us immediately. Please do
not disclose the contents to anyone or copy it to outside.
.
                     
THANKS athie is my E-MAIL   w_unionmoneytransfer102@yahoo.com
Mr. Williams
Thomson.
WESTERN
UNION MONEY TRANSFER MTCN:   98 3
082 95 66
WORLD WIDE   










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