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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" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <w.unioncompensations@aol.com>
Date: Thu, 1 Mar 2012 15:23:38 -0500
Subject: Western Union MTCN: 987-651-7649

Attention Beneficiary,

This is to officially inform you that the United Nations Organization compensation payment committee, have mapped out funds running into Millions of United States Dollars for the settlement of all funds that have been lost to Nigerian Scams via Lottery Winnings, Contract payments, Fake Bank Transfer scams, Inheritance Funds payments, fake money orders, fraudulent online shopping, dating scams, charity scams, check transfer and ATM scams etc. This compensation is been sponsored and done by the Nigerian Government in collaboration with the World Bank, United Nations Organization and Western Union Money Transfer.

We have been directed by the United Nations Security Council to make a compensation payment of $50,000.00 USD (Fifty Thousand United States Dollars Only) to you being one of the listed beneficiaries. Be informed that a first part payment of sum of $2,000.00 (Two Thousand United States Dollars Only) shall be sent to you on a daily basis for 25 days.

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Below is the Western Union information for the first payment pick up:
MTCN: 987-651-7649
SENDER NAME: Enoma Clark
Question: MONTH
Answer: DECEMBER
Amount: $2,000.00 USD
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RECEIVER INFORMATION:
NAME:
ADDRESS:
TELEPHONE NUMBER:
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
ALL INFORMATIONS SHOULD BE SENT TO THE TRANSFER AGENT BELOW:
AGENT: Helen White
EMAIL: w.unioncompensations@aol.com
TEL: +2348085424282
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Kindly get back to us via email and phone (+2348085424282) immediately confirming your name, address and telephone number, Once we receive your email, we shall give you more information on what you need to do to activate the above MTCN(987-651-7649) to start up your transfer.
KINDLY SEND YOUR REPLY TO: w.unioncompensations@aol.com
Regards,
Mrs. Helen White
Western Union Department Head office®
Tel: +2348085424282
Email: w.unioncompensations@aol.com
Send Money Worldwide®
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