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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 <westernunionoffice0221@gmail.com>
Reply-To: customercare229@postafiok.hu
Date: Thu, 29 Mar 2012 19:19:10 +0200
Subject: WHAT IS HOLDING YOU TO RECEIVE YOUR MONEY

--
ATTENTION MY DEAR.

WHAT IS HOLDING YOU SEND THE REMAIN FEE? NOW I BORROWED $500.00 FROM
MY CHURCH COMMITTEE ON BEHALF OF YOU, LISTEN MY DEAR YOU DON'T NEED TO
WAIT JUST GO TO WESTERN UNION AND SEND THE REMAIN BALANCE NOW SO THAT
YOU WILL START RECEIVING YOUR $10,000.00 DAILY UNTIL YOU COMPLETE
RECEIVE YOUR TOTAL SUM OF $2.500,000.00.

SEND THE BALANCE WITH THE NAME OF OUR PROTOCOL AGENT MR. EDWIN OBALIMU
ON THIS INFORMATION BELOW:

RECEIVER NAME.......EDWIN OBALIMU
COUNTRY .......BENIN REPUBLIC
CITY .......COTONOU
QUESTION .......IN GOD
ANSWER .......WE TRUST
AMOUNT .......
M.T.C.N .......
SENDER'S NAME.......
SENDER'S PHONE.....

AGAIN, UPDATE US WITH YOUR REAL RECEIVER INFORMATION SUCH AS BELOW:

1. FULL NAMES:..................
2. ADDRESS:..................
3. SEX:..................
4. AGE:..................
5. MARITAL STATUS:..................
6. E-MAIL ADDRESS:..................
7. TELEPHONE NUMBER:..................
8. CITY:..................
9. STATE:..................
10. COUNTRY:..................
11. NATIONALITY:..................

THANKS
HON. MR. WATSON JOHN.
WESTERN UNION INTERNATIONAL
TEL PHONE NUMBER: +229-681-06-420
EMAIL ADDRESS customercare229@postafiok.hu

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