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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: JAMES UBA <jamesuba20130@peoplepc.com>
Reply-To: JAMES UBA <westernu750@yahoo.com.tw>
Date: Wed, 14 Aug 2013 10:49:22 -0700 (GMT-07:00)
Subject: FROM THE WESTERN UNION HEAD OFFICE.

FROM THE WESTERN UNION HEAD OFFICE.
35 AMERICA HOUSE,NIGERIAN
WESTERN UNION PROMO 2013.


WE ARE HAPPY TO INFORM YOU THAT YOU ARE SELECTED AS ONE OF OUR TOP CUSTOMER FOR THE YEAR 2013.THIS SELECTION WAS MADE BASED  ON DAILY USE OF OUR SERVICE WORLD-WIDE.YOUR NAME WAS SELECTED BECAUSE YOU ARE USING OUR SERVICE TO SEND MONEY AS A RESULT OF THIS ,YOU ARE EMERGED AS ONE OF OUR TOP CUSTOMER IN AN ONGOING PROMOTION.

WE WESTERN UNION MENU HEAD OFFICE  MANAGEMENT GHANA AWARDS YOU THE SUM OF USD $1,500,000 CASH PAYMENT.CONGRATULATION FOR USING OUR WESTERN UNION MONEY TRANSFER WORLDWIDE.NOW CONTACT THE PROMOTIONAL DIRECTOR IN THE NAME OF HONORABLE MIKE TOMMY. WITH THE BELOW INFORMATION AND REQUEST FOR THE DAILY MTCN OF YOUR WINNING WORTH OF $1,500,000


CONTACT DETAILS BELOW;

Email:westernu750@yahoo.com.tw
PHONE #; +2348025595546
CONTACT PERSON; MR.MIKE TOMMY

THANKS AND BEST WISHES .
FROM WESTERN UNION MENU DIRECTOR
DR.JAMES UBA

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