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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: "WESTERN UNION OFFICE." <officefile----002@att.net>
Reply-To: diamondexpressdeliveryoff01@hotmail.com
Date: Mon, 31 Jan 2011 10:09:48 -0800 (PST)
Subject: Dear Western Union Valid Customer.


WELCOME TO WESTERN UNION MONEY TRANSFER.






THE WESTERN UNION OFFICE COTONOU REPUBLIC OF BENIN.






FROM OFFICE OF THE WESTERN UNION MONEY TRANSFER.COTONOU






BENIN-REPUBLIC;ADDRESS 55 SCHOOL ROAD OPPOSITE EDITH HOSPITAL COTONOU.






WEBSITE;www.westernunion.com (OR) http://site.www.westernunion.com/






 













NOTIFICATION*NOTIFICATION*NOTIFICATION !!!






 













Dear Western Union Valid Customer,




















We are hereby notifying all our customers about the new development from






International Money Monitoring Fund (IMF) and World bank early this year 2011






meetings and biddings concerning all the customers funds that are with us






here in this Western Union Office, of which the monies has been long over






due in our vault and by our rules and regulations, we are not authorised






to holds or keeps any fund here in our care for a long period of time.




















So, the conclution of the meeting is to send this your fund directly to






you through a Government approved delivery company,You are advise to






contact the delivery company now for their immediate delivery to your






doorstep without any delay.




















Hope you still remember that,your fund of (USA)$800,000.00 which you left






here is still with us in this office and now we have submitted it to the






delivery company as instructed.




















Contact delivery company------ Diamond Express Delivery Company.




















Emails; diamondexpressdeliveryoff01@hotmail.com




















Take note: you are mandated to contact and comply with this delivery






company immediately you receive this message to enable them deliver your






fund to you without further delay.






 













Regards.




















BARR. BEN IBE.






FOREIGN OPERATION MANAGER






WESTERN UNION OFFICE BENIN REPUBLIC






PHONE NUMBER;+229-93-21-97-72






THIS IS OUR CONDUCT CODE ( 505)






Welcome to Western Union






Send Money Worldwide




















HAVE A NICE DAY.

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