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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: WESTERN UNION MONEY TRANSFER <blueswan@indosat.net.id>
Reply-To: infoi.f@post.com
Date: Fri, 4 Sep 2015 12:09:18 +0700 (WIT)
Subject: WESTERN UNION E-LOTTERY AWARDS.PLEASE OPEN THE ATTACHED FILE


11 NATIONAL ROAD, MUSINA
(MESSINA), LIMPOPO,ZA
SOUTH AFRICA.
Tel:+27-(0) 78 127 3459
Email:treasury.dept@englandmail.com
------------------------------------------------------

ATTN:WESTERN UNION WINNER,

CONGRATULATIONS!

YOU HAVE WON GBP£2,500,000.00 (TWO MILLION FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND GREAT
BRITAIN POUNDS)ONLY YOUR E-MAIL I.D. EMERGED AS ONE OF THE THIRTY
THOUSAND FINAL RECIPIENTS OF A CASH GRANT/DONATION OF (GBP
£2,500,000.00) ONLY IN THE WESTERN UNION E-MAIL DRAW 2015, FOR THE
CLAIM OF YOUR PRICE YOU ARE TO CONTACT THE BELOW INFORMATION VIA E-MAIL
WITH YOUR REF.(WUNT/768/SA/).


We have finally arrange and concluded to transfer your outstanding
Award Lottery fund payment of £2, 500,000.00 GBP (Two Million Five
Hundred Thousand Great Britain Pounds) only that should be total
equivalent to $3,878,388.01 USD US Dollar, Its further equivalents to
€3,475,843.20 EUR Euro only batch by batch through Western Union Money
Transfer. Via our foreign correspondent, note that we did made two
transactions today to you each transaction is $5,000.00 USD Please
kindly pick up our first two installment payments of USD$10,000.00
which was sent to you below are the MTCN NO# to pick up the funds
immediately without further delay.

Due to daily limit via Western Union policy their terms and condition
please pardon us by picking up this fund little by little until the
transaction finally been completed the amount that you're excepting to
receive from us sorry for the inconveniences this may course you during
this transaction due to time frame schedule and South African
Government policy to have it finalized in time bear with us please pick
this amount today then first thing tomorrow morning we’ll still
transfer another payment for you to pick up at any nearest Western
Union office there in your (CITY) within 10 minutes.

The transfer MTCN numbers is already available for pick up by you.
Kindly visit our official web site http://www.westernunion.com ,Find
Tracking on the top right of the site page, and insert accordingly the
details following the instructions below or Call our Customer Service
Center (+1-800-325-6000) and following the instructions below tracked
your transfer and confirmed information blow.
=========================================
MTCN NO#: 088-694-3669
SERNDER'S NAME: Paul Peter Akyoo
COUNTRY SEND: SOUTH AFRICA
AMOUNT TO PICK UP NOW: USD$5,000.00
-----------------------------------------
MTCN NO#: 392-233-9352
SERNDER'S NAME: Mr. Sutopo Driyawastyo
COUNTRY SEND: SOUTH AFRICA
AMOUNT TO PICK UP NOW: USD$5,000.00
=========================================
Transaction Ref: TLL020020000012

We refer to your request dated in August 2015 for D10 Payment via
(WESTERN UNION) Transactions for $10,000.00 USD; we are pleased to
confirm that this request has been completed.

Should you require any clarification, please do not hesitate to contact
our Customer Service Hotline anytime at +27-(015) 534 3091 (within
South Africa), or +1 (800)-325-6000 (outside South Africa). For clients
of Moneyweb Treasures, Treasures Private Client or Private Banking,
please call +27-(0) 78 127 3459 (within South Africa) or +27-(0) 60 914
2791 (outside South Africa).FAX: +27 (0) 86 274 2908 or email us.

KINDLY DO EMAIL US AT: treasury.dept@englandmail.com

FOR INQUIRIES PLEASE EMAIL US AT: res.banksouthafrica@safrica.com

TO CLAIM YOUR PRIZE MONEY DO EMAIL US AT: boardlink@inbox.lv

PLEASE SEE ATTACHED DOCUMENT FILE FOR FURTHER STEP HOW TO CLAIM THE
PRIZE.KINDLY FILL IN THE CLAIM FORM BELOW WITH YOUR FULL DETAILS AND
RETURN IT BACK TO US TO ENABLE US PROCESS THIS TRANSACTION AMICABLY.


BELOW IS THE COMPUTER PRINT OUT RECEIPT COPIES OF YOUR TWO TRANSACTION
PAYMENTS.
======================================================
Send Money through Western Union®
Reference Number: 529833
Transaction Status: Successful
Transaction Date/Time: 2-09-2015 04:53:58 PM
>From Account: 3354961409 (Current)
Amount: $5,000.00 USD
MTCN: 392-233-9352
Sender's Name: Mr. Sutopo Driyawastyo
WU Reference No: 176046080
Estimated Destination FCY Amount: US Dollars $5,000.00
Exchange Rate: 12.7559 ZAR South African Rand
Tax Invoice No.: 8877-091-150430-125000
GST @ 64,136.75 ZAR
Transaction Amount: $5,000.00
Total Amount Payable: $5,000.00 USD
Purpose Code: TRANSACTION OF R64,136.75 ZAR AND BELOW
Test Question: What Color
Answer: White
=======================================================
Send Money through Western Union®
Reference Number: 171931
Transaction Status: Successful
Transaction Date/Time: 2-09-2015 05:05:31 PM
>From Account: 3354961409 (Current)
Amount: $5,000.00 USD
MTCN: 088-694-3669
Sender's Name: Paul Peter Akyoo
WU Reference No: 136056088
Estimated Destination FCY Amount: US Dollars $5,000.00
Exchange Rate: 12.7559 ZAR South African Rand
Tax Invoice No.: 3324-990-351430-081204
GST @ 12.7: R64,136.75 ZAR
Transaction Amount: $5,000.00 USD
Total Amount Payable: $5,000.00 USD
Purpose Code: TRANSACTION OF R64,136.75 ZAR AND BELOW
Test Question:What Color
Answer:White
=====================================================
Kindly do fill in the form below by reconfirmed back your details to
enable us speed up this transaction amicably without delay since this
transaction has became overdue transaction and it has approved by the
executive board of directors:

(1) FULL NAME:---------------
(2) DATE OF BIRTH:---------------
(3) MARITAL STATUS-------------
(4) OCCUPATION:--------------
(5) HOME ADD----------------
(6) ZIP:--------------------
(7) CODE:-------
(8) COUNTRY:-------------
(9) NATIONALITY:--------------
(10) CELL NO----
(11) TEL:NO------
(12) FAX:NO-------
(13) PASSPORT COPY-----------

We take this opportunity to thank you for using MONEYWEB PRIVATE
iBanking.

MONEYWEB PRIVATE Internet Banking

Sincerely,
Prof.Mrs.TAMMY LEE MINAAR
Executive chief operational service
Forex Dept
Moneyweb Private Bank
South Africa.
Email us at: buch@orange.sn
Tel: +27-(0) 78 127 3459

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