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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: Smith Williams <hananuman@postafiok.hu>
Date: Sat, 1 Nov 2014 10:58:17 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: Hello urgent


 Hello urgent contact: hananuman@postafiok.hu

I am happy to inform you about my success in getting the fund now transferred. I thank you for your great effort in past to our unfinished transfer of fund into your account due to one reason or the other best know to you. But I want to inform you that I have successfully get the fund transferred into my new partner's account in India, who was eventually, fully capable of assisting me in this great venture. Due to your effort, sincerity, courage and trust worthiness you showed during the course of the transaction. I am compensating you to show my gratitude to you with the sum of $7, 000, 000.00 Us Dollars.

Now contact Western Union Agent In Burkina Faso, contact person is Miss. Hanan Uman ask her to send you the total sum of $7,000,000.00 which I deposited in an account in with the Western Union Money Transfer Department for your compensation for all the past efforts and attempts to assist me in the transaction. I appreciated your efforts at that time very much. So feel free and get in touched with her to starts picking up your funds the sum of $7,000,000.00 to send the amount to you Via Western Union.

Please her to help you in their office to issue you the payment information such as MTCN, text question and answer etc so that you can pick up the amount without delay. Below is her office email address ( hananuman@postafiok.hu ) forward her your information’s Telephone number and address so that she will be sure and starts making the transfers to you.

Regards
Smith Williams

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