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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(R)" <info@weaternunion.com>
Reply-To: davidpell007@gmail.com
Date: Fri, 13 Jan 2012 00:52:48 +0800 (CST)
Subject:

Western Union(R)
Welcome to Western Union
Send Money Worldwide
Dear Valued Customer,

There is an issue with the WESTERN UNION MONEY TRANSFER in the amount of
$270,000.00USD (Two Hundred And Sventy Thousand US Dollars) directed in
cash credited to file KTU/9023118308 in your favour. The UNITED NATION(UN)
contacted us for your compensation a couple of days ago due to your
allocated security code.

NOTE YOU WILL BE RECEIVING 50,000.00USD PER DAY,
They said that they choose to send it to an email address instead of a
name.

We are unable to complete a transfer directed at an email
address, so we require some more information in order to complete this
transfer.

FULL NAME:
FULL CONTACT ADDRESS
MOBILE PHONE NUMBER:
OCCUPATION:
MARITAL STATUS AND AGE:
Any Means Of Identification:

In order to resolve this problem, please get back to us by email
(davidpell007@gmail.com) as soon as possible. As soon as this
information is received, payment will be made to your nominated bank
account or at the counter directly from The Western Union paying Bank.

Kindly note that this is no scam and is direct from the Management of
Western Union MoneyTransfer Head Office and our Motto is To Serve You
Better.Contact us on our website on (www.westernunion.com) also note that
you would be responsible for any payment that is needed for the transfer
of your funds into your
nominated bank account or at the counter directly from the Western Union
Transferring Bank.

Sincerely,
Mr David Pell
(davidpell007@gmail.com)
Direct Line:+2347063107620

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