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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.DANIEL WILLIAMS" <h112@globomail.com>
Reply-To: western_unionmon176@rediffmail.com
Date: Thu, 18 Oct 2012 19:41:16 +0800 (CST)
Subject: FROM OFFICE OF THE WESTERN UNION MONEY TRANSFER



 

ATTENTION:BENEFICIARY:

YOU ARE RECEIVING THIS NOTIFICATION BECAUSE YOUR NAME APPEARED IN
THE LIST OF BENEFICIARIES WHOM HAS NOT YET RECEIVED COMPENSATION AWARDED
IN YOUR FAVOR BY UNITED NATION DUE TO YOUR INABILITY TO RECEIVE YOUR
INHERITANCE FUND.YOUR FUND WAS FORWARDED TO WESTERN UNION DEPARTMENT OF
VITALIZE FINANCE PLC FOR ONWARD PAYMENT OF YOUR FUND VIA WESTERN UNION
BATCHES PAYMENT.THE SUM OF US$850,000.00[EIGHT HUNDRED THOUSAND US
DOLLARS ONLY] HAS BEEN APPROVED IN YOUR FAVOR AND AS THE BENEFICIARY,YOU
WILL BE RECEIVING THE SUM OF US$4,500.00 PER DAY UNTIL YOU CONFIRM THE
TOTAL RECEIPT OF YOUR $800K INTO YOUR POSSESSION.FIRST BATCH OF
$4,500.00 HAS BEEN SENT IN YOUR FAVOR.FIND BELOW THE PICKUP INFORMATION
TO PICK IT UP BUT STILL ON HOLD,



WWW.WESTERNUNION.COM

MTCN; 354-902-7839

SENDER; NAME: DANIEL WILLIAMS



BE INFORMED BEFORE YOU SHALL PICKUP YOUR FIRST BATCH
TRANSACTION,YOU AS THE BENEFICIARY ARE REQUESTED TO OBTAIN AN AFFIDAVIT
OF CLAIMS,AS SOON AS IT HAS BEEN ISSUED ,YOUR FIRST BATCH WILL BE
RELEASED FOLLOWED BY SECOND BATCH.THEREFORE YOU ARE REQUESTED TO SEND
THE SUM OF $85.00 AND THE AFFIDAVIT WILL BE ISSUED IN YOUR FAVOR FOR
IMMEDIATE RELEASE OF YOUR ALREADY PROGRAMMED FIRST BATCH PAYMENT.YOU CAN
SEND THE $85.00 WITH THE BELOW NAME OF OUR ACCOUNTANT BELOW TO ENABLE
US PROCEED WITH YOUR LEGAL PAYMENT,



NAME; MR. NALCO MARCEL

ADD; 20 HOSPITAL ROAD,

CITY;   COTONOU

COUNTRY;  BENIN

TEST QUESTION  TO WHO

TEST ANSWER  NALCO.



AFTER YOU HAVE SENT THE FEES,FORWARD THE WESTERN UNION MTCN WITH
THE SENDER NAME AND QUESTION AND THE ANSWER,AS SOON AS PICKED,YOUR
AFFIDAVIT WILL BE ISSUED AND YOUR PAYMENT WILL BE RELEASED FOLLOWED BY
SECOND BATCH AS SCHEDULED FOR PAYMENT ALREADY ONCE THE AFFIDAVIT OF
CLAIMS HAS BEEN OBTAINED IN YOUR FAVOR.PROCEED AND SEND THE FEES TODAY
TO AVOID FURTHER DELAYS IN YOUR PAYMENT,WAITING TO RECEIVE THE AFFIDAVIT
FEES AND PAYMENT START WITHOUT FURTHER DELAYS.



REGARDS


MR.DANIEL WILLIAMS

CELL PHONE NUMBER +229-68347823

DIRECTOR WESTERN UNION DEPARTMENT VITALIZE FINANCE

emails:(western_unionmon176@rediffmail.com)








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