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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. JOHN KENNETH" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <westernuniono120@sify.com>
Date: Sat, 12 Feb 2011 23:35:14 +0100
Subject: CONTACT WESTERN UNION MONEY TRANSFER

ATTENTION BENEFICIARY,

WE THE WESTERN UNION URGENT REMITTING OFFICE HAVE SENT YOUR FULL COMPENSATION PAYMENT OF $850.000.00 USU TO YOU THROUGH WESTERN UNION,YOU WILL BE RECEIVING $5,000.00USD PER DAY STARTING FROM TOMORROW.NOW WE HAVE SEND THE FIRST PAYMENT TO YOU.SO CONTACT OUR DIRECTOR DR FRED ABE AND ASK HIM TO GIVE YOU THE WESTERN UNION PAYMENT INFORMATION, MTCN SENDER NAME, TEXT QUESTION/ANSWER SO THAT YOU CAN BE ABLE TO PICK UP YOUR FIRST PAYMENT THROUGH WESTERN UNION WITHOUT ANY PROBLEM.

HERE IS THE CONTACT INFORMATION OF WESTERN UNION DIRECTOR GENERAL .MR. ANTHONY NKPOR;EMAIL ADRESS ( westernuniono120@sify.com ) TELL +229-99-211-488.
THEN CONTACT HIM WITH YOUR FULL INFORMATION.

Your name........
Country......
Phone no......
city........
Age/.....
CALL OR EMAIL HIM NOW SO THAT HE CAN PROVIDE THE WESTERN UNION INFORMATION TO YOU AS URGENT AS YOU CAN.
For any question you can call the Director on this number.+229-99-211-488
.
western union International Bank Transfer.
THANKS AND GOD BLESSING YOU
MR. JOHN KENNETH

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