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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: "Mrs. Sandra Antony" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <westernunionbenin2011@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 2 Apr 2012 06:14:28 -0700
Subject: WESTERN UNION MONEY TRANSFER DEPARTMENT

ATTENTION PLEASE,

NOTE THAT WE HAVE DECIDED TO PAY YOU YOUR MONEY THROUGH WESTERN UNION URGENT REMMITTING OFFICE SINCE YOU WAS UNABLE TO RECEIEVE YOUR MONEY THROUGH MONEY GRAM DUE TO

THEIR MANAGEMENT BUT NOW WE HAVE SENT YOUR FULL COMPENSATION PAYMENT OF $850,000.00 USD TO YOU THROUGH WESTERN UNION. YOU WILL BE RECEIVING $5,000.00USD PER DAY, BUT I

WANT YOU TO CONTACT THE MANAGEMENT IN WESTERN UNION RIGHT NOW AND ASK HIM FOR YOUR FIRST PAYMENT.HIS NAME IS.ERIC MONTEL AND ASK HIM TO GIVE YOU THE WESTERN UNION

PAYMENT INFORMATION SO THAT YOU CAN BE ABLE TO PICK UP YOUR FUNDS THROUGH WESTERN UNION WITHOUT ANY PROBLEM.

VITAL FINANCE BANK
WESTERN UNION MONEY TRANSFER DEPARTMENT.
LOCATION ADDRESS; PLOT 1261,
ADEOLA HOPEWELL STREET CO/B/REP,
CONTACT PERSON: DR ERIC MONTEL
TELE PHONE FAX NUMBER: +22999034852
EMAIL ADRESS; westernunionbenin2011@gmail.com

CONTACT HIM WITH YOUR FULL INFORMATION AS BELOW.
YOU’RE FULL NAME.............
COUNTRY....................
PHONE NO / Cell phone No:.........
ADDRESS/CITY............
A COPY OF YOUR IDENTIFICATION IF ANY.............

CALL OR EMAIL HIM NOW SO THAT HE CAN PROVIDE THE WESTERN UNION INFORMATION TO YOU AS URGENT AS YOU CAN.ALSO DO LET ME KNOW IMMEDIATELY THEY HAVE STARTED SENDING YOUR

MONEY, BUT TRY TO COMPLY WITH THEM TO ENABLE THEM SERVE YOU BETTER.

SINCERELY,
Mrs. Sandra Antony

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