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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 OFFICE" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <bobblank_1155@yahoo.co.jp>
Date: Fri, 14 Oct 2011 05:25:17 -0400
Subject: WE ARE STILL WAITING FOR YOUR EMAIL PLEASE.

Western Union Office
Bob Blank
Call +2347044107597

ATTENTION: BENEFICIARY.

YOUR PAYMENT IS READY TRACK MTCN:4534841183

I want to inform you that we have already sent you $5000.00 US Dollars through Western union as we have been given the mandate to transfer your full over due payment total sum of $2.5m USD, via western union by the Ministry of Finance and the United State treasury department, They have your file already. Your file number is 002387645,You can contact the United State secretary ( Mr Tim Geithner) on his phone number : 940-603-1150 or Fax him a letter on his fax no: 214-975-2873 for confirmation of fund. Because this fund was approved in your name by the United state treasury’s unclaimed fund, which you are the winner of the 2011 google search site.

I was directed to contact you with this detail, So I decided to email you with the MTCN and sender name so that you can pick up the $5000.00 to enable us send another $5000.00 today as you know we will be sending you $5000.00 only per day. And it was agreed that you will pay the transfer clearance certificate which is sum of $250 before the release of the first payment of $250.The clearance papers is needed by the United State branch office for them to activate the western union premium account, which was created in your name by the United State Head office. This is for security reason, because there is allot of internet scam in Africa.

Please pick up this information and locate any western union around to confirm that there is money on the mtcn that was created in your name. call me on the phone: +2347044107597 ,call me on the phone, after you most have get the $250 ready for us to activate your premium account and you will now be able to pick up $5,000 every 24 hours until your claim of $2.5 Million is complete.


Below is the western union information to be picking up the $5000.00; which you will be receiving daily after you send the transfer clearance certificate of $250 and it will serve as re-confirmation of your payment file in their office.

Here is the Senders Information;

Money Transfer Control Number (M.T.C.N): 4534841183
Senders First Name: Richard
Senders Last Name:Martin
Question:In God
Answer:We trust
Amount: USD$5,000.00

Website; www.westernunion.com track it and be sure ok.Track it with the below link https://wumt.westernunion.com/asp/orderResults.asp?country=global or you can use the western union phone number to confirm the transaction:+1 800-325-6000 or 800-325-6000 .

Be advice that $250 transfer clearance certificate is compulsory as they told me that is the only money you will pay until you receive your payment completely. This is the requirement by the United State treasury department and United state unclaim department. www.unclaimed.org

Endeavor to E-mail your direct telephone number and your detail information, because as soon as you send the $250 for the clearance paper, this will be fax to the United state authority and we shall call you and confirm your payment information to you,so that you can go and pick up the first $5,000 today. Send the require fees of $250 to the below information via western union or money gram.

Receiver Name....Ogar Maurice
Address: 25 western union road,ikeja
Country------Nigeria
Your. City-----Lagos
Your.Question----START
Your. Answer-----TODAY
mtcn.......................?

Send us the mtcn,the sender name and address, and we will call you in 30 minutes to go and pick up the $5,000.

Waiting for your email.

Regards

Bob Blank

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