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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. Robert Williams" <fbioffice054@rediffmail.com>
Reply-To: wu_office0@yahoo.com.my
Date: Tue, 15 Jan 2013 03:52:16 +0800 (CST)
Subject: TRANSFER MTCN






       Hello,

 

I am
contacting you because I have sent you the first payment of $5,000 today from
your winning funds total amount of $1.5Million, Therefore you need to contact
the western union agent Rev. Jerry Young for
him to give you the transfer payment information and MTCN to pick up the money
at WU Branch over there.

 

W.U
Agent: Rev. Jerry
Young

Email:
 wu_payment0@yahoo.com.my

Phone:
 +229 98644349

 

Please
try to contact him today and ask him to forward the payment information to you,
remember to indicate the funds registration code of EB-2520 to him when
e-mailing or calling him, Also he will be sending you $5,000.00 daily as per
our board discussion with him.

 

Do
get in touch with me once you have received the transfer.

 

Sincerely,

Dr. Robert Williams

IMF
Managing Director Benin.

E-mail: bobwilliamson@superposta.com





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