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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: "Payment Reconciliation Board" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <dsb@qatar.io>
Date: Tue, 6 Dec 2011 01:26:33 +0400
Subject: Western union Notification

Attention Beneficiary.

RE: Western union Regional office Final Notification on Pending Payments.

This is to officially notify you that the payment reconciliation Committee has
reviewed your payment file and issued payment authorization order to the Special
Transfer Unit (WUMT-STU) Dubai United Arab Emirates UAE to immediately start
transferring your daily $5000 twice a day until your total amount of $1.500, 000 USD
being part payment of your fund, compensation/ poverty allevation progamme is paid
in full.

This is to bring to your notice that Western Union Dubai United Arab Emirates has
taking over all payment from Africa/ Europe, America and Asia counties etc. as
Contract payment, Fund inheritance, Lottery Winning prize, Atm Debit cards,
henceforth commercial banks, Security Companies,ATM Credit and Debit Union including
any offshore payment centres are no more authorized to handle release of funds.

This gazette was released after an 2 hours joint meeting of Western Union
International and joint committee of IMF/United Nation, Central Bank Governors and
US Embassy. This resolution was championed by the US Embassy due to the numerous
complaints levied by American nationals whose payments has been seized, held or
delayed due to numerous taxes and fees. We have now resolved the hitches and you are
advised to contact the Western Union Money Transfer Unit DUBAI-UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
for the re-instatement of your payment file. He will be giving you further
directives to this regards.

We apologies for the inconveniencies you might have had before while in the quest to
receiving your fund and we assure you that the problem has been resolved and you can
now receive your fund without further delay through our Special Transfer Unit.
Contact the director immediately on the contact information below and you are
mandated to round up with your re-instatement of your fund within 7 days. This takes
immediate effect from today.

Any beneficiary that do not comply to this directive within the stipulated time
frame(7 days) will not blame anyone for non-payment as non processed payment files
will be referred back to the Federal reserve account as unclaimed payment.

Contact Anthony Ali Sylvester immediately with the below co-ordinates.

Direct phone line is: +971 55 11 899 53
Western Union Manager: Jeffrey L Smith
Email:( asaa@cwahi.net )

Payment Information.

MTCN :_______________ 660980 #### Tell him to give you the remaining 4 digits
Sender's Name:_________Angela Ann Johnson
Amount Sent___________ $5000.00 USD
City:---------------------------- Dubai
Country:_______________United Arab Emirates UAE

Ask Anthony Ali Sylvester to give you the remaining 4 digits number for you to pick
up your $5000 he sent to you, he will be sending $5000 twice daily until he finish
sending the total amount to you which is $1500.000.00 USD, (One Million Five Hundred
Thousands Dollars),

We agree that you will pay $280 to them for deduction Approval document to enable
them deduction all charges, as they dont have the power to deduct any charges from
your money without the deduction approval document from the Supreme Court of United
Arab Emirates UAE, this is the new law in UAE as the government has stopped
beneficiaries from paying much before receiving their fund.

You have just Seven (7) days to process your payment file.

CONGRATULATIONS!!!
Yours in service.
Hon. (Mrs) K. Andem
Chairperson: Payment Reconciliation Board

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