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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: "Alejandra =?utf-8?Q?Hern=C3=A1ndez?= Turca" <alejandra.hernandez@pricetravel.com>
Reply-To: wuoffice11@yahoo.com
Date: Sat, 31 May 2014 05:55:02 -0500
Subject: Contact Western Union for your fund.


Attn: Dear,

Your western union payment is now ready for you to start picking it up
as from today and the total fund is 1.5 Million United states Dollars which
was
deposited in This Western union office two months ago and we decided to
contact you on your email address,

The Maximum amount you will be receiving per day is $5,000 USD till your
total
Fund is transferred to you. And also want to use this opportunity to inform
you
About the new system our government introduce about transferring fund due
To fraudulent e-mail’s used with our name, every customer will be renewing
His or her payment files to avoid some errors.
Most important now you have to re-confirm your current receiver's
Information such as

1) Receiver's Name..........
2) Nationality...........
3) Address..........
4) Age.......
5) Phone Number...........
6) Marital Status.........

And please be informed that the manager's name is Dr. Patrick, for more
Inquiries please call the director with the below number ask him the info
You will use to pick up your first payment Phone Number
+234-809-102-179 email (wuoffice11@yahoo.com)

Thanks
Tony Larry

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