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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 PKUS" <officefile034@gmail.com>
Reply-To: file4diplo1@gmail.com
Date: Sat, 30 Jul 2011 04:37:44 +0530 (IST)
Subject: Your Payment has been sent MTCN Numnber 457-2008-041


YOUR FULL RESPECT,

















THIS DEPARTMENT OFFICE WESTERN UNION HAVE BEEN INSTRUCTED TO SEND
YOURFUND TO YOUR LOCATION IN YOUR CITY FROM THE DIAMOND WESTERN UNION
DEPARTMENT HERE IN BENIN REPUBLIC.YOU WILL BE RECEIVING YOUR FUND
($4,500 U.S.D) PER DAY AND YOU WILL RECEIVE THE TOTAL SUM OF
($650.000.00 Us dollars) I WANTTO USE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO INFORM YOU
THAT GOVERNMENT IS PLANING TO CANCEL YOURWINNER FUNDS AND TRANSFER IT
INTO GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTS IF WE DID NOT HEAR FROMYOU WITHIN 2DAYS, YOU
ARE REQUIRED TO SEND US OUR TRANSFER CHARGES THE SUM OF$49.00 USD FOR
THE $4,500 USD THAT WE HAVE ALREADY SEND, MEANWHILE SEND THE$49.00USD TO
US IMMEDIATELY TODAY FOR FASTER SENDING OF YOUR FUND CORRECTLY
BYTOMORROW MORNING...

















AFTER THE MONEY HAVE BEEN TRANSFERRED CORRECTLY TO YOUR ADDRESS WE
WILLMAIL YOU THE PAYMENT INFORMATION'S YOU NEED TO PICK UP YOUR MONEY IN
ANYWESTERN UNION AROUND YOUR LOCATION CORRECTLY BECAUSE THE ONE THAT IS
HERE ISNOT CORRECT BECAUSE WE HAVE NOT RECEIVED OUR $49.00 USD ONLY.

















REASON WHY WE NEED YOU TO SEND US THE $49.00 USD IS THAT WE TRIED
TODEDUCT THE TRANSFERRING FEE OUT FROM YOUR FUND BUT THE MINISTER
ADMINISTRATORTRUST FUND OF BENIN REPUBLIC TOLD US THAT NO ONE HAS RIGHT
OVER YOUR FUND AS ITHAVE BEEN SIGNED AND STAMPED THAT NO MONEY SHOULD BE
DEDUCTED UNTIL IT GETS TOYOUR HANDS TO AVOID STEALING SOME OF THE FUNDS
SO IF YOU WANT TO TRACK THEMONEY AND CONFIRM IF THE FUNDS IS
TRANSFERRED ENTER OUR CODE

















HERE IS THE CONTACT INFORMATION OF WESTERN UNION








DIRECTOR GENERAL----MR.OUCHMAN  DURUKANTA








EMAIL ADRESS ... Email :( westerunion41@yahoo.de)








PHONE NUMBER +229-99 35 88 99

















THEN CLICK TRACKING AND ENTER THE MTCN NUMBER; 3771704680 ENTER SENDERSFIRST PIUS .....ENTER








SENDERS LAST NAME..OGUGUA AND CLICK TRACKING AND IT WILL SHOW YOU
THATYOUR FUNDS IS AVAILABLE FOR YOU TO PICK IT UP SENDER NAME: PIUS
OGUGUA,








WWW.WESTERNUNION.COM

















SENDER'S NAME:==== PIUS OGUGUA








TEXT QUESTION:=======Who Is Able








ANSWER:==============God








AMOUNT:===============$4500,00.








MTCN :================== 457-2008-041

















http://www.westernunion.com/info/selectCountry.








ASAP FINALLY URGENT SEND US THE $49.00 USD TO ENABLE US PROCEED ON YOURPAYMENT IMMEDIATELY RIGHT.

















BELOW IS OUR ACCOUNT'S INFORMATION FOR YOU TO SEND THE $49.00 USD
THROUGHWESTERN UNION MONEY TRANSFER BEEN OUR TRANSFERRING CHARGE FOR
YOUR $4,500 USD,

















1.Receiver Name :=======Usman Zaiky








2.City/Country:==========Cotonou - Benin Republic.








3.Question=============Who is Able








4.Answer:=============God








5.Amonut:=============$49.00








6.MTCN: =========








7.Sender Name=====

















YOUR URGENT RESPOND IS HIGHLY NEEDED .WAITING TO HEAR FROM YOU AS SOON
AS YOU RECEIVE THIS MESSAGE TO QUICKENTHE PROCESS OF THE RELEASING YOUR
PAYMENT TO YOU TODAY.








THEN CONTACT US WITHYOUR FULL INFORMATION.








EMAIL ADRESS :( westerunion41@yahoo.de)








PHONE NUMBER :+229-99 35 88 99

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