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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: "MONEY GRAM" <money01gram@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 24 Jul 2014 10:33:50 +0530 (IST)
Subject: PAYMENT NOTICE (2 Reference code daily)





MONEY GRAM INTERNATIONAL TRANSFER
NIGERIA PAY-OUT CENTER

Dear Western Union Beneficiary,

UNITED NATIONS PAYMENT NOTIFICATION.

We wish to inform you that the United Nations (UN) has authorized us to
remit to you a total amount of $1,000,000.00, (One million United States
Dollars).

Your compensation fund was paid out to us by the United Nations, and they
have successfully succeeded in depositing your whole funds with us Here at
Money Gram Nigeria.

They have now ordered us to take full responsibility in the transfer
process of your funds and thus commence the immediate remittance of your
funds to you.

Be duly informed that because of our Money Gram transfer policy, your
funds will be paid to you via our Daily Transfer limit of $8,000.00 USD.
This means that you will continuously receive a daily amount of $4,000.00
USD each of 2 Reference Code ($8,000), and this amount can be collected
from any of our numerous Money Gram outlets in your current location.

To begin the claim process of your daily payment as stated above, you are
require to provide us with the following information;

Your Full Name:
Residential Address:
Phone Number:
Identity card:
Country:

Upon the receipt of the above mentioned details, your first transaction
will be activated and we shall then Proceed to provide you with the Money
Transfer Code Number (Reference code) for the First installment and we
will continue to email you others after 12 hours of Receiving each
payment.

For more information on your payment status;

Contact Person
Julian Praise
money01gram@gmail.com

OR call our 24 hours @ +2348105370781 for any inquiries on the above message.

Yours truly,

Camelia Facci
For: Money Gram, Nigeria.
MONEY GRAM... Over 300,000 Outlets Worldwide.

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