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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 Pay-out Gold card <office------of2@att.net>
Reply-To: info.westernuniongoldcard01@gmail.com
Date: Mon, 7 Mar 2011 05:51:01 -0800 (PST)
Subject: =?utf-8?B?WU9VUiBUUkFOU0ZFUiBJUyBET05FIEZST00gV0VTVEVSTiBVTklPTiBQQVkg?=
=?utf-8?B?T0ZGSUNFLuKAjw==?=


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DISPATCHED THIS DAY AND FOR ENQUIRY, CALL
+229-91854856

FROM OFFICE OF THE WESTERN UNION MONEY TRANSFER.
FROM OFFICE OF THE WESTERN UNION MONEY TRANSFER.
       COTONOU BENIN
REPUBLIC/ADDRESS 455 AGBOKOU,ANKPA ROAD
LAGOTES PALAR WEB SITE.
WWW..westernunion.com
 
ATTENTION: CUSTOMER
                             
THIS IS TO
NOTIFY YOU ABOUT THE LATEST DEVELOPMENT CONCERNING ALL OUTSTANDING PAYMENT THAT
WAS LEFT IN THE CUSTODY BENIN GOVERNMENT WHICH YOUR NAME IS
INCLUDED. HOWEVER, YOU WERE GIVEN A COST BILL IN ORDER TO RECEIVE YOUR PAYMENT
OF WHICH WE ARE CONTACTING YOU FOR THE FIRST TIME.
 
HOWEVER, OUR
WESTERN UNION PAYMENT DEPT IS NOW NOTIFYING YOU OF OUR READINESS TO
SEND ALL YOUR OUTSTANDING PAYMENT IMMEDIATELY BECAUSE WE SAW YOUR NAME AS THOSE
WHO HAVE PATRONIZED WESTERN UNION IN THE LAST 3 YEARS. IN ORDER WORDS WE ARE NOW
REQUESTING THAT THOSE RECEIVING THEIR PAYMENT THROUGH THIS METHOD SHOULD PAY
ONLY THE SUM OF EQUIVALENT TO $49.99 DOLLARS TO RECEIVE THEIR PAYMENT AND AS A
MATTER OF FACT WE HAVE NOW TRANSFERRED THE SUM OF $5,000 TO YOU WHICH WILL BE
RELEASED AS SOON AS YOU CAN BE ABLE TO HAVE THE COST BILL FEE PAID
TODAY.
 
BESIDES, MY DEAR, THIS IS THE OPPORTUNITY TO YOU AND YOU HAVE TO
COMPLY AS SOON AS POSSIBLE AND WE WILL START SENDING YOU YOUR FUNDS VIA WESTERN
UNION, $5,000 TWICE DAILY UNTIL YOUR TOTAL FUND IS COMPLETELY TRANSFERRED. BUT
REMEMBER THAT AFTER (3 DAYS) IF YOU DID NOT MAKE THE PAYMENT THEN WE WILL RETURN
YOUR FUNDS BACK TO THE GOVERNMENT OF REPUBLIC OF BENIN TREASURY TO
AVOID PROBLEM OR WE WILL CANCEL THE PAYMENT.
 
AGAIN AFTER THREE DAYS WE
WILL START OUR NEW YEAR PROJECTS FOR THE YEAR 2011 AND THAT IS THE REASON WHY WE
DECIDED TO HELP ALL OUR CUSTOMERS BEFORE WE ENTER INTO THE NEW PROJECTS. SO BE
ADVISED TO SEND THE $49.99 DOLLARS IMMEDIATELY SO THAT WE WILL REGISTER YOUR
PAYMENT AND YOU WILL START RECEIVING PAYMENT AS FROM THURSDAY 6TH MARCH
2011.

NOTE THAT THERE IS NO TIME AGAIN FOR US TO CALL ANY PERSON ON PHONE
UNLESS YOU WILL CALL 229-91854856, OR YOU CAN EQUALLY E-MAIL US. AFTER THE
PAYMENT OF $49.99 YOU WILL START RECEIVING $5,000 EVERY DAY THROUGH WESTERN
UNION.
 
INFORMATION OF THE FIRST WESTERN UNION MADE WITH YOUR NAME WHICH
WILL BE RELEASED AS SOON AS WE HAVE RECEIVED THE SUM OF $49.99 DOLLARS FOR THE
COST
BILL OF YOUR TRANSFER.
 
SENDERS NAME: SADAO KOTAKA
MTCN
NUMBERS: 0944170690
AMOUNT;:::::$5,000
 
AND WE WANT YOU TO SEND THIS
MONEY TO OUR DEPARTMENT WHERE THIS MONEY IS ORIGENATED FROM WHICH IS REPUBLIC OF
BENIN YOU ARE OFFICIALLY ADVISED TO SEND THE MONEY VIA WESTERN UNION MONEY
TRANSFER OR MONEY GRAM IMMEDIATELY TODAY:
 
Receivers Name:===  Onyekachi
James
Country/City:=======Benin Republic
Test Question:=======what
city
Answer: ===========cotonou
Amount:===========$49.99usd
 
THE
INFORMATION WE NEED FROM YOU ONCE YOU MADE THE PAYMENT OF $49.99
IS:
 
SENDER'S NAME_______________
MTCN_________________
SENDERS
LOCATION _________________
 
THE MOMENT WE RECEIVED THE PAYMENT OF $49.99
EQUIVALENT WE WILL RELEASE THE FIRST PAYMENT INFORMATION OF $5,000 TO YOU AND
ONCE YOU PICKED IT UP, WE WILL SEND YOU THE SECOND PAYMENT RIGHT AWAY. THE
TRANSFER CONTINUES UNTIL YOU HAVE TOTALLY RECEIVED YOUR FUNDS $850,000.00.
HOPING TO HEAR FROM YOU SOON WITH THE PAYMENT INFORMATION OTHERWISE YOU WILL NOT
RECEIVE THE PAYMENT FROM THIS OFFICE ANY MORE.
 
DO LET ME KNOW THAT YOU
GOT THIS MAIL FOR RECORD PURPOSES ONLY. DISPATCHED THIS DAY AND FOR ENQUIRY,
CALL +229-91854856
SINCERELY,
E-mail :  { info.westernuniongoldcard01@gmail.com }
Dr.Frank
Wyht

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