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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 <ibro----1@att.net>
Reply-To: westenatm@yahoo.com
Date: Mon, 14 Feb 2011 02:27:06 -0800 (PST)
Subject: RE:STOP ALL TRANSACTION



Attention,

After proper and several investigations and research at Western Union and

MoneyGram Office, we found your name

in Western Union database amongst those that have sent money through

Western Union to Nigeria and this proves that

you have truly been swindled by those unscrupulous persons by sending

money to them through Western Union/MoneyGram in the course of getting one

fund or the other that is not real, right now we are working hand in hand

with Western Union to track every fraudsters down, do not respond to their

e-mails, letters and phone calls any longer as they are scammers and you

should be very careful to avoid being a victim to fraudsters any longer

because they have nothing to offer you but to rip-off what you have worked

earnestly hard to earn.

In this regard a meeting was held between the Board of Directors of The

Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and as a consequence of our

investigations it was agreed that the sum of sixty thousand US Dollars

(US,000.00) should be transferred to you out of the funds that Federal

Government of Nigeria has set aside as a compensation to everyone who have

by one way or the other sent money to fraudsters in Nigeria.

***Please note that we will no longer be liable for any loss, cost or

expense whatsoever, suffered or incurred by You in connection with the

fraudsters.

Be warned!

We have deposited your fund at Western Union Money Transfer agent location

EMS Post office Lagos, Nigeria.

We have submitted your details to them so that your fund can be

transferred to you. We have paid the Registration and Transfer fees and for

security reasons we have also insured your fund to avoid misappropriation.

Contact the Western Union agent office through any of the email addresses

stated below;

westernatm@yahoo.com



Yours sincerely,

Pearson,profjamesunion@hotmail.com

Investigation Officer.

************************************************************************

Please note that e-mails, letters and phone calls are currently been made

to unsuspecting persons by fraudsters

claiming to have access to their funds. Everyday, people throughout the

world are falling victim to scams of one

way or the other. It could be an unexpected prize draw or lottery win, or

a chance to invest in an exciting new

money-making or investment programme . In the circumstance, we

unreservedly advice you to dissociate yourself

from all correspondence and transactions entered into based on evidently

fraudulent and fictitious claims.



FILL THE BELOW FORM AND FORWARD TO YOUR CLAIMS AGENT.

1. FULL NAME:

2. DATE OF BIRTH :

3.SEX:

4. MARITAL STATUS:

5.CONTACT ADDRESS:

6.TELEPHONE NUMBER:

7.OCCUPATION:

8.BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF

COMPANY/INDIVIDUAL :

9. NATIONALITY :

COUNTRY :

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