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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. Jenny Morgan" <thrias@alice.it>
Reply-To: transferwestern62@yahoo.fr
Date: Tue, 1 Jul 2014 00:48:35 +0200 (CEST)
Subject: Contact Western Union Agent For Your Payment

Contact Western Union Agent

This is to inform you that we want to start sending your winning lottery
of$4.5
USD today and you can only be receiving two times
daily from us through
your payment file,note that you
will pay $90 only for your transferring file.

I have made today's payment for you below is the MTCN
Sender name= Duray Wilson
MTCN=6194-5600-05
Question=Red Answer=Blue
Amount=$8000

Re-confirm your information's your name
phone number to enable us activate the MTCn in your name


Contact Mrs.Jenny Morgan Email,
transferwestern62@yahoo.fr +229 68760269

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