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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: Mrs Rose Alice <giulia06m@alice.it>
Reply-To: u.western5@yahoo.com
Date: Fri, 18 Oct 2013 10:59:38 +0200 (CEST)
Subject: Your Western Union Payment

Good day!from Mrs Rose Alice

Your western union payment is now ready for you to start picking it up through
this custody and your total fund is 1.5 Million Usd but the amount you
will be receiving per day is 5,000 usd till your
total fund is been transferred to your name, Most important now you have to re-
confirm your current receiver's
information to him such as Receiver's Name..........Nationality...........
Address..........Age.............Phone Number...........Occupation........,
And please be informed that the Director's name is Dr Mike Benson And you have
to keep this in mind that your payment file has been expired that you will re-
new your payment file in other for you to start picking your payment from any
western office near you,for more question please Call or Email him at
(u.western5@yahoo.com)or +229 687 12933 or 9876-6894 make sure you did not make
any mistake to avoid changing your transfer file.

Thanks
Mrs Rose Alice

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