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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: DR JERRY FRANK <officefile744@yahoo.cn>
Reply-To: customercare_benin@live.com
Date: Mon, 12 Nov 2012 23:42:35 +0800 (CST)
Subject: PAYMENT $2.5M USD BY WESTERN UNION
































































































ATTENTION DEAR VALUED
CUSTOMER,
WELCOME TO WESTERN UNION MONEY
TRANSFER WORLD
WIDE BENIN
REPUBLIC COTONOU OF
WEST AFRICAN FASTER WAY OF RECEIVING MONEY.












 



OFFICE OF THE WESTERN UNION MONEY
TRANSFER. 
COTONOU BENIN
REPUBLIC/ADDRESS 455 TOKPA,ANKPA ROAD
OPPOSITE POST OFFICE
COTONOU.



ATTENTION:DEAREST.
FROM
THE WESTERN UNION HEAD OFFICE DEPARTMENT
REPUBLIC OF BENIN.  FINAL RELEASE
YOUR MTCN?
Send Money Worldwide
Our Ref:WUMT0XX2/987
E-MAIL: ( customercare_benin@live.com )
TELEPHONE : +229-99 34 72 99
YOUR FULL
RESPECT,

I'm Assistant Manager Western Union Branch
Cotonou (Bank of Africa Benin SA) Benin Republic, My Name Is DR JERRY FRANK, I
am responding back to you this morning to inform you that Our General manager
just passed away 5days ago(((Died)))and all the files/documents was handed over
to me yesterday, Luckily i went through all the files and found out that you
have incomplete transfer in our custody,Total funds $2.5M.

AFTER
THE MONEY HAVE BEEN TRANSFERRED CORRECTLY TO YOUR ADDRESS WE WILL MAIL YOU THE
PAYMENT INFORMATION'S YOU NEED TO PICK UP YOUR MONEY IN ANY WESTERN UNION AROUND
YOUR LOCATION CORRECTLY. BECAUSE THE ONE THAT IS HERE IS NOT CORRECT BECAUSE WE
HAVE NOT RECEIVED OUR $99.00 USD ONLY TRANSFERRING CHARGE FOR YOUR DAILY
 $5000.00 USD.
 
REASON
WHY WE NEED YOU TO SEND US THE $99.00 USD IS THAT WE TRIED TO DEDUCT THE
TRANSFERRING FEE OUT FROM YOUR FUND BUT THE MINISTER ADMINISTRATOR TRUST FUND OF
BENIN REPUBLIC TOLD US THAT NO ONE HAS RIGHT OVER YOUR FUND AS IT HAVE BEEN
SIGNED AND STAMPED THAT NO MONEY SHOULD BE DEDUCTED UNTIL IT GETS TO YOUR HANDS
TO AVOID STEALING SOME OF THE FUNDS SO IF YOU WANT TO TRACK THE MONEY AND
CONFIRM IF THE FUNDS IS TRANSFERRED ENTER OUR CODE
HERE
IS THE CONTACT INFORMATION OF WESTERN UNION,

DIRECTOR
GENERAL…DR .JERRY  FRANK
EMAIL ADRESS ... Email :customercare_benin@live.com
PHONE NUMBER +229-34 72 99



THEN
CLICK TRACKING AND ENTER THE MTCN NUMBER; TRACK YOUR PAYMENT ONLINE /MTCN #
MTCN:-                  6690348967
(www.westernunion.com) SENDER: Keith
Blackbird


 ENTER SENDERS FIRST KEITH ..... ENTER  SENDERS LAST
NAME..BLACKBIRD. AND CLICK TRACKING AND IT WILL SHOW YOU THAT YOUR FUNDS IS
AVAILABLE FOR YOU TO PICK IT UP SENDER NAME: Azubike 
Nnekwe

MTCN :==================MTCN #   6690348967

FINALLY
URGENT SEND US THE $99.00 USD TO ENABLE US PROCEED ON YOUR PAYMENT IMMEDIATELY
RIGHT.
 
BELOW IS OUR ACCOUNT'S INFORMATION FOR YOU TO SEND THE
$99.00 USD THROUGH WESTERN UNION MONEY TRANSFER BEEN OUR TRANSFERRING CHARGE FOR
YOUR $5000.00 USD,

RECEIVER:.........NWASA
EMEKA

COUNTRY........
BENIN REPUBLIC
CITY .......................
COTONOU
MTCN..................................
QUESTION: WHEN

ANSWER............ TODAY.


SENDERS
NAME..................
AMOUNT:................$99.00, USD
 
YOUR
URGENT RESPOND IS HIGHLY NEEDED .

WE
ARE WAITING TO HEAR FROM YOU AS SOON AS YOU RECEIVE THIS MESSAGE TO QUICKEN THE
PROCESS OF THE RELEASING YOUR PAYMENT TO YOU TODAY.
THEN CONTACT US
WITH YOUR FULL INFORMATION.

EMAIL
ADRESS : customercare_benin@live.com
PHONE
NUMBER +229-34 72 99
Assistant Manager 
DR
JERRY FRANK
DIRECTOR GENERAL…













 


OFFICE OF THE WESTERN UNION
MONEY TRANSFER. 
COTONOU
BENIN REPUBLIC/
OPPOSITE POST OFFICE
COTONOU.



FROM
THE DESK OF DR JERRY FRANK
THE DIRECTOR OF WESTERN UNION MONEY
TRANSFER WORLD WIDE BENIN REPUBLIC COTONOU OF WEST AFRICAN FASTER WAY OF
RECEIVING MONEY
 
.

   GENERAL MANAGER OF WESTERN UNION FOREIGN CONTRACTOR PAYMENT
OFFICE.

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