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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: "Mr. Robert Warren Jr" <richard@polaris.net.tw>
Reply-To: unionw55@yahoo.fr
Date: Wed, 18 Jun 2014 23:14:39 +1000
Subject: Attention: Western Union Beneficiary,

Attention: Western Union Beneficiary,

This is the Western Union Money Transfer® - Money in A
Minutes service.

I will not blame your apprehension concerning this transfer
as i believe you might have been disappointed by people in a
way of promises that never comes true and you now finding it
difficult to believe any promise or assurance again due to
your previous experience.

I want to advise you that you should not allow your past
experience to influence your good sense of reasoning that
because most people disappointed in promises and assurance
and you now feel that this management will not keep to their
promise.

Failures in promises does not underscore the importance of
promise keeping and We have 1000 reasons to prove your wrong
that there are still some good institution that never fail
in their promises of which this management is one of them.

If you observed some of my previous email you will discover
that i have been more emotional and human rather than
sticking to the rigid established policy of the management.

Do you think i did not feel what you felt in this
transaction and the resources invested on it,if there is any
person that want the success of this transaction i think i
will be the first to be counted, do you know the boost that
the successful completion of this transfer will have on my
departmental appraisal.

We are not writing this mail to buy you up or pushed you a
way from your personal believe but to ensure that at last
you will make good recommendation of this institution as
credible and reliable and my person in particular.

The slogan of Obama the United State of America President is
"WE CAN" and i assure you that WE CAN release your payment
once you send the money. I want to assure you that this is
not scam as i am contented with what God gave me and i only
leave for him. There is no gain for me to cheat you and i
will never be party to it. Actally there's Scam everywhere
but am given you 100% assurance that this is not SCAM so
believe me and send the money as you have been advised.

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is compensating all
the scam victims and your email address was found in the
scam victim's list. This Western Union® office has been
mandated by the IMF to transfer your compensation to you via
Western Union® Money Transfer.

However, we have concluded to affect your own payment
through Western Union® Money Transfer, $5,000 twice daily
until the total sum of $800,000.00USD is completely
transferred to you.

We can not be able to send the payment with your email
address alone, Thereby we need your information as to where
we will be sending the funds, such as;
Receiver's name:....
Address:....
Country:.....
Phone number:.....
Attached copy of your Identification...

As a matter of urgency, in order not to waste any of your
time before you start receiving your funds, Please be
informed that an activation fee of $105.00 USD has to be
paid before the Western Union Payment Center can fill in
your data as the receiver of the funds.

Note that your first installment payment has been sent out,
but you can not pick it up as your name has not yet been
activated as the receiver.

Guarantee: You will start receiving your daily installment
of $5,000.00 USD, after we confirm your payment of $105.00
USD for the activation of your transaction, and after that
your first installment will be released to you and the next
installment will be available to you after 24hours.

As soon as the activation fee of $105.00 USD is made by you,
your first installment will be released within 2hours and
shall be made payable to you in any Western Union location
in your region, while other transaction will follow after
24hours.

We await a confirmation of your email informing us when you
want to settle your activation fee so you can start
receiving your installment payments.

Do call this office or send us an email when you are ready
to settle the activation fee,so we can enlighten you on how
to have the fee of $105.00 USD paid for the activation.

If you need to discuss this matter further, then kindly
provide us with your valid telephone number and a Western
Union representative will call you as regards to your
activation, You may also decide to call me personally to
discuss the above issue @ Tel:+229 68222816.

Yours truly
Mr. Robert Warren Jr.
Tel:+229 68222816.
E-mail: unionw55@yahoo.fr
For Western Union Payment Service.

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