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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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Fraud email example:

From: "Mr.james William" <omilllo@yahoo.pt>
Reply-To: "Mr.james William" <unionwester120@yahoo.com.ph>
Date: Wed, 7 Jan 2015 20:28:45 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: WESTERN UNION INTERNATIONAL BENIN REPUBLIC.


 WESTERN UNION INTERNATIONAL BENIN REPUBLIC.
ADDRESS/ 104 AVENUE TOKPA/ AGBUKO WAY PORT-NOVA BENIN REPUBLIC
E-mail:(unionwester120@yahoo.com.ph)

TEL:+229 68976229
DATE: 6/1/2015

Attention:Please

This is to confirm the receipt of your email application for the release of your US $1.5Million through this office Western Union Service mode ofpayment at counter as directed and we have since commenced the relevansprogramming and thedocumentations of the said fund, as we are instructedto make the first payment Reference available the next day upon thereceipt of the application from the beneficiary which is you.It is our pleasure to inform you that the Benin Financial Intelligence
Unit, (BFIU) after their careful verifications on your payment has granted us their approvals and Clearance in your favor to release your payment ofUS$1.5Million USD (one Million Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars only. And we equally wish to inform you that we have also finalized ourindoor formalities regarding the transfer of your outstanding fund to the
address you provided.

Due some financial regulations under the Western Union Chartered Act of 2014 Benin Republic, the limits that can be send out from here to anindividual in a foreign country is $7,450.00 per transfer. With the abovedevelopment we have scheduled that your payment will come in a manner of one reference numbers which is $7,450.00 daily with Sunday as an exception unless where is stated otherwise. Bases on the instructionsgiven to us to start the processing and programming of the first payment
upon the receipt of application request from you for the release of yourfirst payment, we have signed and endorsed the release of your first $7,450.00, but please be inform that before we can release the Reference numbers to you, you have to fulfill our obligation by providing the sumof $89 usd to secure the International Remittance Form (IRS) from Federal
Ministry of Finance.

These are the basic Legal Transfer Documents that are required tofacilitate the transfer of these Funds to you and has to be signedoriginally, The IRS form will cost $78 and the cost of this is the primary concern of the beneficiary. We want to make it clear to you that our policy does not charge you for any upfront payment before releasing your transfer Reference Numbers but due to inactive of your transfer file the system cannot keep record of your transfer proceedings for transparency as
demanded by the Central Bank of Benin to help checkmate the present economics crisis of world over today, and unless the file is renew the fund cannot be release to you, so understand why you are being charged,without renewing your payment file you can not be able to pick up yourfirst payment.

The cost for securing (IRS) of your transfer proceedings is $89 and once that is being obtained we shall update and validating unit your transfer file will be build and the system will program your first transferReference of $7,450.00 ready for pick up at any Western Union outlet closer to you.Bear in mind that we don't have authority over your fund yet until you
present the required charge in other to secure the International Remittance Form and also be rest assure that once we obtain the saiddocument, you will start receiving your first payment of $7,450.00 and the rest of the payment.

Note this: if there is any mistake to your Name and address you provided,please correct it now before the programming will start.Use Below information to send the $89 for your first Reference Numbers of$7,450.00 to be release Immediately:

Receivers: Nnebife Jeremiah chibuzo
Country:========== Benin Republic
City:==== ===============Cotonou
Test=question: Who made heaven?
Test============= Answer: God
Amount:==========o $89 usd

Please send the fee through Western Union office around you and get back tous with transfer slip in other to proceed on your transfer.Feel free to call Postal code (+229) 68976229 for more clarifications.Your rapid response is highly needed.

Thanks and my regards.
Mr.james William
GENERAL MANAGER OF WESTERN UNION INTERNATIONAL BENIN REPUBLICE-mail:(unionwester120@yahoo.com.ph) This email is intended for the named recipient only and may containprivilege and confidential information. If you have received this email inerror, please notify us immediately. Please do not disclose the contents to anyone or copy it to outside.

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