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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: "Mrs.Anne Richard" <vgf70@yahoo.pt>
Reply-To: "Mrs.Anne Richard" <westernuniontransf@qq.com>
Date: Fri, 23 Jan 2015 01:29:37 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: First $4000 was sent today


 GOOD DAY AND MY GREETINGS TO YOU AND YOUR FAMILY.WE HAVE CONCLUDED TOEFFECT YOUR PAYMENT THROUGH (WESTERN UNION MONEY TRANSFER) AND $4000.00WILLBE SENT DAILY TO YOU UNTIL THE $4.8MILLION IS COMPLETELY TRANSFERED.THOUGH, MRS, ANNE RICHARD, SENT $4000.00 IN YOUR NAME TODAY, SO CONTACTWESTERNUNION AGENT AND REQUIRE FROM HIM TO GIVE YOU THE MTCN, SENDER'S NAME ANDQUESTION/ANSWER TO PICK THE $4000.00 HAS FIRST PAYMENT OUT OF YOUR$4.8MILLION.HERE IS THE DETAILS OF THE INFORMATION NEEDED FROM YOU:AGE:_______________SEX:___________________COUNTRY:_____________________FULL NAME:________________________DESTINATION:__________________________MAILING ADDRESS: ___________________________PHONE NUMBER_____________________________________PASSPORT BY ATTACH OR DRIVER'S LISENCE NUMBER.___________THEY WILL BE SENDING USD$4000.00 PER DAY ONCE YOUR PAYMENT FILE ISACTIVATED.CONTACT BENIN WESTERN UNION PAYMENT DEPARTMENT UNIT BELOW:DIRECTOR NAME: MR.FRANK JOHNSON,E-MAIL: (westernuniontransf@qq.com)OFFICE LINE :(+229)-685 69912Visit:westernunion.comBEST REGARDS.(Mrs.Anne Richard,)

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