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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: johanns dagnon <johannsdagnon43@yahoo.pt>
Reply-To: johanns dagnon <westernunion.organization2@yahoo.co.za>
Date: Sat, 17 Jan 2015 15:01:59 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: contact western union management



                                                                                                     Attn Dear Friend Good Day.                                          i wish you a happy new year my Dear                      How are you today together with your family, I hope that everything is fine, I trust this mail meets you in a perfect condition. You may not understand why this mail came to you now. But if you do not remember me, you might have received an email from me last year regarding a Bank to Bank wire transfer proposal which we never concluded. I am using this medium to inform you that the Bank to Bank wire transfer business has been concluded with another person who financed it to a logical conclusion. I thank you for you're great effort to our unfinished transfer of funds into your account due to one reason or the other best known to you.
 But I want to inform you that I have successfully transferred the fund out of the bank to my new partner's account in Qatar that was capable of assisting me in this great venture. Due to your effort, sincerity, courage and trustworthiness you showed during the course of the transaction I want to compensate you and show my gratitude to you with the sum of $1.2million  USD and I left the Fund in care of my work partner who works as a manager at Western Union Office in Republic of Benin before I made my trip down here in Western Asia. I told him to be send the funds to you whenever you contact him with your full details.Western Union Agent Mr.wilfried contact him now for your payment, and I will advice you to ask the Western Union management what you need to do before they can allow you pick up the first $5000 payment today.
 Contact person: Mr.wilfried.       Email. westernunion.organization2@yahoo.co.za     This is the sender's full name for the first transfer they made to you ( DEBORAH ALFREDO),Ask the Western Union management to give you the MTCN (Money Transfer Control Number), Question and Answer code, to pick up the $5000. from any outlet Western Union store in your city, I instructed them to keep sending you $5000 daily till the payment of $1.2million  USD  is completed. Again re-confirm to the Western Union management your Full Name, Telephone number and Address so that they will be sure of whom they are dealing with. For your information they can only transfer 2 parts of payments to you everyday which is $10,000. United States Dollars.
    CONTACT HIM WITH YOUR FULL INFORMATION.
    Full Name:--------    State:----------    City:-----------    Zip Code-------    Full Address:-------    Contact Phone:------
 Please try to indicate this code when contacting Western Union Management to avoid any mistake. Here is the code. (AQHoo4xx7KG) also use it as your subject. Remember without this Code they can't release any payment to you so ensure that you contact them with the Code and try to comply with their instruction. I am currently in Qatar to set up a project.Please don't forget to ask the Western Union Management what you need to do i am sure they will require a little fee from you to enable them validate your transfer file. remain bless.
    Yours Sincerely    johanns.dagnon    Former MD Western Union Office Benin Republic.


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