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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: "M.ricard Anderson" <dsssqssss@gmail.com>
Reply-To: wut.stuoffice@teeslearn.ac.uk
Date: Tue, 29 Nov 2011 04:32:47 +0000 (GMT)
Subject: Payment...



Western
Union@Send Money Worldwide
Payment Order #:
WUMT-8880635/2011
Telephone No.+229, 96892185
E: mail: westernunion@westernunion2009. tk
This is the
Western Union Money Transfer® -Money in Minutes service
 
Attention:
Western Union Beneficiary,

Western Union Payment Center has received your
application for the release of your daily payment. Be advised that it has been
designated that the sum of $4,500.00 USD (Four Thousand Five Hundred United
States Dollars) be paid to you twice daily using Western Union Money Transfer
service as approved by the U.N and the IMF till we send you a total of
$2,500,000.00 USD (Two Million Five Hundred Thousand United States
Dollars).
Your first installment of $4,500.00 USD has now been sent. See
transaction details below;
------------------------------

TRANSACTION DETAILS:

------------------------------
SENDER'S FIRST NAME:--
ZORAN
SENDER'S LAST NAME:-- PENEZIC
MTCN:-- 5098080591
QUESTION:--FROM/
ANSWER:--WUT
AMOUNT SENT:-- $4,500.00
USD
 
The amount can not be picked up at this time. This is due to
the fact that you will need to activate your whole transaction. As a matter of
urgency, in order not to waste more of your time before you start receiving your
funds; please be informed that you will need to activate your payment to enable
us upload it to the western union world wide system for payout to your name
because your total fund is still in an escrow suspend account to avoid any body
having access to it.

The activation fees for your first transaction must be
paid, before we can initiate your transaction. And to this effect, our head of
transfer department instructed us to place a hold on the first transfer of the
$4,500 USD which we had already sent, to avoid problems with the International
Monetary Fund (IMF).
You will start receiving your daily
installment of $4,500 USD TWICE, after we confirm your activation payment of
$99.00 USD for your activation fee,then after your first installment will be
released to you in 5hours after your payment for the activation is
confirmed.
 
IMPORTANT NOTICE:
At the moment,
without your activation payment of $99.00 USD for the activation, you can not
pick up this transaction of $4,500 USD. We have been advised to remove your
transaction from the system. Please be also informed that this is a one time
activation payment and you will not be required to activate your transaction
daily again.

We intend to deduct the transferring fee out from your
total fund but the financial trust fund committee of Benin republic proof in
accordance to united nation financial edits of 1990 as related to
international fund transfer policy as agreed with western union acts that no one
has right over your fund as it have been signed and stamped that no money should
be deducted from your fund until it all gets to you to avoid any mal-practice in
making excessive deduction from your fund, be informed that if the policy is not
observe it might involve corruption which in other words might lead you loosing
your fund, therefore take note that we cannot deduct your re activation fees
from your fund.Please take note.

For the benefit of doubt vist our website and track your
first $4500 USD online on your personal computer as instructed below:

For
confirmation on your first transfer of $4,500 USD MTCN, we strongly advice you
to visit our website at (www.westernunion.com ), click on
"Tracking" you will then be required to enter the Money Transfer Control Number
MTCN (5098080591) as well as the
Sender's First name(ZORAN) follow by
the Last Name (PENEZIC) then click
(check status) your will see that
your first $4500 USD transfer is available for pick up.
 
We are giving you 100% assurance of proceeding with your
transfer to the western union world wide system in the next 5hours for payout to
you as programmed $4500 twice daily once the transfer activation charge is
receive today.

USE THE BELOW RECEIVER DETAILS TO SEND THE $99 THROUGH
WESTERN UNION.

1. Receiver name/   Raphael Chinedu
2. Country/        
Benin
3. City/         
Contonu
4. Test question/    99
5. Test answer/     Only
6. Amount/     $99.00 USD

Kindly get back to us with
the transfer slip and fill the details below for proper confirmation to enable
me proceed on the uploadment release as planed today.

MTCN 10
digit control number....
Sender Full Name ........

Forward
all the payment information to our remittance department for immediate release
of your first $4,500 USD. email/ wut.stuoffice@teeslearn.ac.uk  and Call
+22996892185

You will be required to email us or give us a call
+22996892185 to get details needed to pick up your payment
after your activation.

Once the payment of $99.00 USD is made by
you, your first installment will be released after 5 hours and shall be made
payable to you in any Western Union Agent locations in your state.

We await a confirmation call from you so you can start
receiving your installment payment from today.
 
Yours truly,
Sincerely
Regards,
Sir Ricard M Anderson
Tel +229- 96892185
For: Western Union Payment Service.
 

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