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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: Continental Bank Benin <uknational.lottery94@yahoo.fr>
Reply-To: westeruniondsk1@rediffmail.com
Date: Sat, 17 Nov 2012 09:39:26 +0000 (GMT)
Subject: At this moment the transaction has been completed.






Hi,

NOTE: Pls contact this office for your payment ( westeruniondsk1@rediffmail.com)

We received  the instruction yesterday  to pay you $10.5M.

At this moment the transaction has been completed.

It is  due to high volume of funds that your payment is made by WESTERN UNION SECURED ORDER and there is a Transaction  Password  which shall be given to you within 24 hours so that with this Password you can enter into any western union office in your country to start collecting your funds.The reason is because of high volume of money to be paid to you.

You have to first go to western union office and pay the fee for the SECURED ORDER TRANSACTION CODE, it was placed as SECURED ORDER because of huge volume of money to avoid interception of any kind, you have to go fast and send the fees which is 150euros below names:-

Receiver: Oba Frank
City: Cotonou
Country: Benin Republic
M.T.C.N..............................................
Addressc/127 midobom
Ammount.....150euros
Question.....What For
Answer.........Good
Seneder's Name........................................
MTCN..................................................

I am waiting to reveal the SECURED ORDER TRANSACTION  PASSWORD so that you will start cashing your fund which is already available in the western union payment network.

As soon as you send the fee for the SECURED ORDER TRANSACTION  PASSWORD and  you want to drop the payment  information by telephone.
+22998525747

Thanks
Mr.Utali Nkwo
Payment Suppervisor
Benin Republic
+22998525747

NOTE: Pls contact this office for your payment ( westeruniondsk1@rediffmail.com)



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