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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 Luis Opitca" <lineoffice646@gmail.com>
Reply-To: wwwonlinebankwesternunionbenin@yahoo.com
Date: Wed, 6 Aug 2014 13:17:22 -0400
Subject: Re,URGENT REPLY (THE OWNER OF THIS EMAIL ADDRESS)

Welcome to Western Union
Send Money Worldwide
FROM OFFICE OF THE WESTERN
UNION MONEY TRANSFER.
COTONOU BENIN REPUBLIC
ADDRESS 455 AGBOKOU,ANKPA
ROAD COTONOU.
WEB: www. westernunion.com/
our Western Union is now offering a Special BONUS to help all our customers
Contact Payment department; Dr Koffi Boni
Contact Email:wwwonlinebankwesternunionbenin@yahoo.com
Contact Line: +229 61395144

I WOULD LIKE TO LET YOU KNOW THAT THE MINISTER OF FINANCE DR BEN JOHNSON HAS
ORDERED THAT THE ONLY MONEY YOU WILL SEND NOW IS JUST 37DOLLARS SO THAT
WE WILL START SENDING TO YOU YOUR $5000 US DOLLARS DAILY UNTIL YOUR TOTAL FUND
OF ($1.5MILLION US DOLLARS) IS PAID TO YOU AND IF YOU FAIL TO COMPLY BY
SENDING THIS FEE WITHIN THREE DAYS OF THIS ORDER,YOUR TOTAL FUND WOULD BE
CONFISCATED AND IT WILL BE TRANSFERRED TO GOVERNMENT PURSE, HE SAID THAT THIS
IS THE FINAL ORDER.

SO I URGE YOU TO TRY AND SEE THAT YOU SEND THE 37DOLLARS. IMMEDIATELY
AFTER YOU RECEIVE THIS EMAIL TODAY SO THAT WE WILL FINALIZE EVERY THING TO TODAY,

BY TOMORROW,YOU WILL START TO BE RECEIVING YOUR FIRST $5000 US DOLLARS
DAILY,YOU URGE TO RESEND YOUR CURRENT INFORMATION SUCH AS YOUR PHONE NUMBER
ADDRESS AND FULL NAME IMMEDIATELY TO AVOID DELAY.

Your name...................
Country.....................
Phone no....................
Address/city................
Age/sex.....................

BELOW ARE THE PAYMENT INFORMATION TO SEND THE 37 DOLLARS OK,

YOU CAN GET BACK TO US SO THAT WE CAN GIVE YOU Our account officer RECEIVER
NAME..........
CITY.........................COTONOU
COUNTRY.................BENIN REPUBLIC
QUESTION...............WHAT COLOR
ANSWER..................GREEN
AMOUNT..................37DOLLARS.
MTCN............
Reply To This Email Address Here ;wwwonlinebankwesternunionbenin@yahoo.com

SINCERELY,

MR. LUIS OPTICA
www.westernunion.com
Western Union Payments.

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