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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: (sent from abused email account)
Reply-To: <wumtmy@yahoo.cn>
Date: Mon, 22 Oct 2012 02:37:24 +0800
Subject: UNITED NATIONS PAYMENT NOTIFICATION.

WESTERN UNION MONEY TRANSFER
MALAYSIAN PAY-OUT CENTER

Dear Western Union Beneficiary,

UNITED NATIONS PAYMENT NOTIFICATION.

We wish to inform you that the United Nations (UN) has authorised us to remit to
you a total amount of $1,500,000.00 USD (One Million Five Hundred Thousand
United States Dollars). This amount is to be paid to you because of the fact
that you were selected as a beneficiary in the Last E-mail ballot promotion held
in Malaysia, by the United Nations. This promotion is inline with the social
resposibility of the United Nations Organization, which is held once every year
to change the living status of five (5) lives around the Globe. This year,
yourself and Four (4) other people were randomly selected. On behalf of the
United Nations Organization, we wish to congratulate you formally.


Your Inheritance/Winning payment was paid out to us, by the United Nations, and
they have successfully succeeded in depositing your whole funds with us here at
Western Union Malaysia. They have now ordered us to take full responsibility in
the transfer process of your funds and thus commence the immediate remittance of
your funds to you. Be strongly informed that because of our Western Union
transfer policy, your funds will be paid to you via our Western Union Daily
Transfer limit of $5,000USD-$7,600USD. This means that you will continuously
receive a daily amount of $5,000USD-$7,600USD USD from us, and this amount can
be collected from any of our numerous Western Union outlets in your current
location.
To begin receiving your daily payment as stated above, we need you to provide us
with; Your Full Name, Address, and Phone Number. Upon receipt of the requested
details, your first transaction will be activated by you, we shall then proceed to
provide you with the Money Transfer Control Number (MTCN) for the first
installment, and we will continue to email you others after 24 hours of
receiving each payment.

For more information on your payment status;
E-mail Mrs. Frances Lee westernunionmypayout@mail.mn
OR call our 24 hours Helpline @ Tel:+601-642-752-48 for any inquiries on the above
message.

Yours truly,
Temp Fred,

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