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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: "DR JOHN OBI" <foreignpaymaster@gmail.com>
Reply-To: westernunionofficeunion2@gmail.com
Date: Wed, 13 Jul 2011 11:16:53 +0800
Subject: MTCN---- 4572008041






HELLO BENEFICIARY ; FUND TRANSFER OF $6500:00 USD YOU CAN SEND AMOUNT 38USD TO
RECEIVE YOUR PAYMENT

HELLO BENEFICIARY ,
INFORMATION REACHING US FROM OUR CORPORATE HEADQUARTERS NOW, STATES THAT YOU ONLY HAVE
48HOURS TO EFFECT PAYMENT FOR THE ACTIVATION OF YOUR MTCN TO ENABLE YOU CASH UP YOUR
FIRST $6500 FROM YOUR TOTAL (FUND) SINCE YOU ARE FINDING IT DIFFICULT TO MAKE THIS
PAYMENT WE HAVE DECIDED THAT YOU ARE TO GO AHEAD AND PAY 38USD YOU HAVE FOR THE
ACTIVATION FEE SINCE YOU ARE NOT ABLE TO COME UP WITH THE REQUIRED SUM, TIME IS NOT ON
OUR SIDE NOW DUE TO HOLIDAYS.

YOU ARE TO PAY WHAT EVER 38USD YOU HAVE AT HAND RIGHT NOW FOR THE ACTIVATION FEE;BUT IF
YOU FAIL TO PAY IT TODAY WHICH IS 12TH JULY 2011 THEN AS FROM TOMORROW WHICH IS 13TH
JULY 2011 THEN THE FEE WILL BE INCREAS TO $155 DOLLAR.WE WILL ACTIVATE YOUR MTCN UPON
RECEIPT OF THIS PAYMENT TODAY.

BE INFORMED THAT YOU HAVE TO PAY THE BALANCE SUM OF YOUR ACTIVATION UPON CASHING UP OF
YOUR FIRST $6500:00 USD. ALSO I AM USING THIS MEDIUM TO INFORM YOU THAT FAILURE TO PAY
THE BALANCE SUM WILL LEAVE US WITH NO OPTION BUT TO DEACTIVATE YOUR MTCN OF WHICH YOU
WILL AND CAN NEVER CASH UP THE BALANCE SUM I WANT YOU TO SEND THE RENEWING AND TRANSFER
FEE WITH THE INFORMATION BELLOW 38USD AMOUNT. SO CONTACT THIS EMAIL
((westernunionofficeunion2@gmail.com ) AND SEND THEM
THE 38USD AMOUT YOU HAVE.SO ALL YOUR TOTAL AMOUNT OF YOUR FUND IS
( $6.8 MILLION UNITED STATE DOLLAR)

SEND THE MONEY WITH THIS INFORMATION

1. RECEIVER NAME:..........MR SUNDAY ONYIBOR
2.COUNTRY:......BENIN REPUBLIC
3.CITY :.......COTONOU
4..QUESTION:....2011
5.ANSWER:....YES
6.AMOUNT .......38USD
7.MTCN..............
THIS IS YOUR FIRST PAYMENT INFROMATION YOU TRACK IT NOW
MTCN---- 4572008041
SENDERS NAME PIUS OGUGUA

SEND US THE MTCN NUMBER IMMEDIATELY YOU SEND THE MONEY AND IMMEDIATELY WE CONFIRM THE
TRANSFER FEE WE WILL SEND YOU THE FIRST RECIEPT OF YOUR $6500 TOMORROW AND NOT NEXT
REGARDS MY DIRECT PHONE LINE IS +229_98079837 DR BEN YOLA FROM WESTERN UNION OFFICE
BENIN REPUBLIC FOR YOUR PAYMENT

DR JOHN OBI
OPRATION MANAGER.
WESTERN UNION DEPARTMENT


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