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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: "Mr .Ramus Okoye." (may be fake)
Reply-To: <wwesternunionoffice@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 2 Jul 2012 21:25:27 +0300
Subject: CONTACT THEM FOR YOUR IMMEDIATE PAYMENT



My Dearest Friend ,

My Regular western union agent has helped me to send your first payment of $5,000.00usd. because I have moved out of the country yesterday due-to my project at hand, and I have no time on my end please bear with me.

western union office agent will give you the transfer information;

SENDERS FIRST NAME :
SENDERS LAST NAME.
MTCN numbers:

So make sure you call them or email them to have the mtcn complete okay.
Make sure you track it ; WWW.Westernunion.com then click tracking and put sender first name and second name with the MTCN numbers , then click check status to see that your money is available for you to pick up.

Contact Mr. Fato Benjamin immediately in western union office tell him to forward the senders name & MTCN numbers to be complete to you now.

CONTACT PERSON: Mr. Fato Benjamin
Phone no---- +229 9928 6468
EMAIL:---- ( wwesternunionoffice@gmail.com )

I told him to keep sending you $5,000.00usd. daily until the payment of $1,5 million us dollars is completed.

Here is the needed information they may need from you .

Beneficiary name-----------------
Address--------------------------------
Country---------------------------------
Tel phone------------------------------

Regards
Yours good friend
Mr .Ramus Okoye.

NOTE: YOU MIGHT RECIEVE THIS NOTIFICATION IN YOUR SPAM FOLDER DUE TO POOR NETWORK, PLEASE BEAR WITH US AND REPLY

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