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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: "Western Union" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <wumt-ukdesk@london.com>
Date: Fri, 30 Nov 2012 06:06:24 -0600
Subject: Your Money Transfer Details''

WESTERN UNION MONEY TRANSFER
P. O. BOX 8252 LONDON W6 0BX
ENGLAND UNITED KINGDOM

FOR YOUR URGENT ATTENTION!

AFTER OUR OFFICIAL VERIFICATION PERUSAL WE HAVE OBTAINED FACTS THAT YOU ARE THE BONAFIDE BENEFICIARY OF THE FUND ONE MILLION, SEVEN HUNDRED AND FIFTY THOUSAND UNITED STATE DOLLARS ONLY (USD$1,750,000.00) DEPOSITED AT OUR OFFICE BY THE MINISTRY OF FINANCE OF THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GREAT BRITAIN THROUGH FUND VAULT NUMBER: KTU/9023118308/03 FROM THE UNITED NATIONS, SINCE THIS FUND WAS GIVEN BY THE PARIS CLUB INTERNATIONAL ON YOUR NAME WE NEVER HEARD FROM YOU TILL NOW, WE WANT TO USE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO CONGRATULATE YOU ONCE AGAIN FOR THIS IMMENSELY DONATION GIVEN TO YOU BY THE PARIS CLUB INTERNATIONAL.

PLEASE YOU ARE ADVISE TO GO THROUGH THIS E-MAIL CAREFULLY AND MAKE SURE YOU UNDERSTAND AND COMPLY WITH THE CONTENTS BEFORE REPLYING. WE ARE INSTRUCTED BY FEDERAL GOVERNMENT OF GREAT BRITAIN TO TRANSFER YOUR FUND TO YOU VIA OUR INSTALLMENT TRANSFER PROCESS, WHICH IS (WESTERN UNION MONEY TRANSFER) SO YOU WILL BE RECEIVING $6,500.00 USD DAILY UNTIL THE SUCCESSFUL INSTALLMENT TRANSFER OF YOUR TOTAL FUND IS COMPLETED. MEANING THAT YOU WILL BE RECEIVING YOUR $6,500 USD TILL THE NUMBER OF DAYS REQUIRED FOR YOU TO RECEIVE YOUR TOTAL FUND OF ONE MILLION, SEVEN HUNDRED AND FIFTY THOUSAND UNITED STATE DOLLARS ONLY (USD$1,750,000.00).

MEAN WHILE YOU ARE REQUIRED TO SEND US THE RE-NEW PAYMENT FILE WHICH IS $620.00 DOLLARS FOR THE $6,500 THAT WE HAVE ALREADY TRANSFERRED TO YOUR NAME BUT CANNOT BE PICKED BECAUSE IT WAS PLACE ON HOLD BY THE MANAGEMENT. REASON, BECAUSE WE INTEND TO DEDUCT THE TRANSFERRING FEE OUT FROM YOUR TOTAL FUND BUT THE FINANCIAL TRUST FUND COMMITTEE OF THE BRITISH PROOF IN ACCORDANCE TO UNITED NATION FINANCIAL EDITS OF 1990 AS RELATED TO INTERNATIONAL FUND TRANSFER POLICY AS AGREED WITH WESTERN UNION ACTS THAT NO ONE HAS RIGHT OVER YOUR FUND AS IT HAVE BEEN SIGNED AND STAMPED THAT NO MONEY SHOULD BE DEDUCTED FROM YOUR FUND UNTIL IT ALL GETS TO YOU TO AVOID ANY MAL-PRACTICE IN MAKING ACCESSIVE DEDUCTION FROM YOUR FUND, BE INFORMED THAT IF THE POLICY IS NOT OBSERVE IT MIGHT INVOLVE CORRUPTION WHICH IN OTHER WORDS MIGHT LEAD YOU LOOSING YOUR FUND, THEREFORE TAKE NOTE THAT WE CANNOT DEDUCT YOUR TRANSFER FEES FROM YOUR FUND.

HERE IS THE INFORMATION OF THE ONE WE SENT TODAY TO YOU BUT IT WILL REMAIN ON HOLD UNTIL YOUR PAYMENT FILE IS RE-NEWED BEFORE WE CAN RELEASE THE FIRST $6,500 TO YOU. TO YOU BE SURE THAT THE MONEY IS AVAILABLE IN YOUR NAME SO YOU CAN TRACK IT AND CONFIRM THE AVAILABILITY OF YOUR FIRST PAYMENT. CLICK THIS WEB-SITE NOW AT WESTERN UNION AND TRACK YOUR MONEY AVAILABLE FOR PICK UP.

SENDER'S FIRST NAME: CHARLES
SENDER'S SECOND NAME: DONALD
AMOUNT: $6,500.00 USD
MTCN: 6130251864

THEREFORE, COPY THE NAME BELOW AND GO STRAIGHT AND SEND OUR OFFICIAL RE-NEW PAYMENT FILE OF $620.00 TO ENABLE US PROCEED ON YOUR PAYMENT RELEASE IMMEDIATELY, BELOW IS THE INFORMATION OF OUR ACCOUNT OFFICER WHICH YOU WILL USE TO REMIT THE $620 VIA WESTERN UNION MONEY TRANSFER BEEN OUR RE-NEW PAYMENT FILE FOR YOUR $6,500.00 USD.

ACCOUNTANT NAME: MICHAEL HILL
ADDRESS: ALBEMARLE STREET, LONDON W1S 4HQ,
UNITED KINGDOM
AMOUNT:$620.00 DOLLARS

YOUR URGENT RESPONSE IS HIGHLY NEEDED TO ENABLE US TO RELEASE YOUR FIRST TRANSFERRED $6,500 WITHIN AN HOUR, INCLUDE YOUR TELEPHONE NUMBER AS YOU REPLY WITH YOUR PAYMENT MTCN FOR THE TRANSFER FEES. WE HEREBY ISSUE YOU OUR CODE OF CONDUCT, WHICH IS (WUMT-4560) SO YOU HAVE TO INDICATE THIS CODE WHEN CONTACTING AS YOUR SUBJECT, CALL ME FOR ANY QUESTION +44 (704) 5724751.

AWAITING YOUR URGENT RESPONSE.

REGARDS

MR. CHARLES DONALD
FOREIGN OPERATIONS MANAGER
WESTERN UNION MONEY TRANSFER
ENGLAND UNITED KINGDOM.

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