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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 WILLIAM ERIC MAC <wunion1314@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: <transferw6@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 24 Oct 2014 10:02:58 +0100
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?Western_Un?= =?iso-8859-1?Q?ion=AE?=



Western Union®


Welcome to Western Union
Send Money Worldwide
FROM OFFICE OF THE WESTERN UNION MONEY TRANSFER.
LAGOS NIGERIA/ADDRESS 4 AVENUE APAPA LAGOS
WEB:http://site.www. westernunion.com/
Contact Email:transferw6@gmail.com

ATTN:

I WOULD LIKE TO LET YOU KNOW THAT THE MINISTER OF FINANCE
DR.NGOZI OKONJO-IWEALA HAS ORDERED THAT THE ONLY MONEY YOU WILL SEND
NOW IS
JUST $60 US DOLLARS SO THAT WE WILL START SENDING TO YOU YOUR $5000 US
DOLLARS DAILY UNTIL YOUR TOTAL FUND OF ONE MILLION TWO HUNDRED AND FORTY
THOUSAND 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 TREASURY
ACCOUNT,SHE SAID THAT THIS IS THE FINAL ORDER.

SO

I URGE YOU TO TRY AND SEE THAT YOU SEND THE $60 US DOLLARS IMMEDIATELY
AFTER YOU RECEIVE THIS EMAIL TODAY SO THAT WE WILL FINALIZE EVERY THING
TODAY,BY TOMORROW,YOU WILL START TO BE RECEIVING YOUR FIRST $5000 US
DOLLARS DAILY,

BELOW ARE THE PAYMENT INFORMATION TO SEND THE $60 US DOLLARS OK,

NAME..............PAUL OBU

COUNTRY.........NIGERIA

CITY................LAGOS
QUESTION........TRUST
ANSWER............PAYMENT
AMOUNT...........$60.00.
MTCN............

AND E MAIL US THE PAYMENT INFORMATION HERE IN OUR WESTERN UNION OFFICE E MAIL ADDRESS =
EMAIL:transferw6@gmail.com
WE ARE WAITING TO RECEIVE THE PAYMENT INFORMATION'S IMMEDIATELY DO IT,


REGARDS.
MR WILLIAM ERIC MAC.






FOREIGN OPERATION MANAGER
WESTERN UNION OFFICE NIGERIA



THIS IS OUR CONDUCT CODE ( 303)







Western Union®


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