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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: Funds Transfer Section <requests@nhmc.uoc.gr>
Reply-To: agentkentbrooks2015@gmail.com
Date: Sun, 20 Sep 2015 16:07:06 +0300
Subject: Re: thanks for your patronage



VITAL FINANCE Adjara Dokodji
Porto Novo, Cotonou Benin.
Send SMS text at (320) 204-0060 or call + 229-989-653-77
for more Details and directives.

Thank you for your Patronage and for USING Western Union Money
Transfer to send money, we Are so happy to Have a customer like you.
For USING Western Union, details Were you put to the Ballot box for
the Ongoing 2015 Western Union Money Transfer Beginning of the Year
Bonanza Draw. You Have Won your self $ 500,000.00 US Dollars. This
Funds Will BE Given to you through Our Office Western Union Payment
Department Office, Minnesota, USA or any Western Union location Within
your area. Your winnings sum Will BE Paid to you instalment with sums
of $ 7,000.00 US Dollars Which will be sent to you in every Seven
Hours (7hours) in 2 MTCN until the funds is completely paid to you The
Following is the Western Union Money Control Number for your First
payment of $ 7,000.00: 1920409393

Payment information
Money Transfer Control Number (MTCN): (312-5850-067)
Sender's Name: TERRY THOMA
Text Question: Sport?
Answer: Golf

Note That the Above HAS not Been activated for you to Pick up Because
your name HAS not activated Been to it. To enable US activate your
payment Immediately you Would BE required to pay a Small activation
charge of $ 87 Dollars. Please BE informed That this charge CAN not
BE Deducted from your account Because it's Bonded and Has Been
programmed till your Late payment. Send the US $ 87 Dollars payment
Information to Our Western Union payment agent Below as soon as it's
Done. Upon the receipt of the US $ 87, your programmed transaction
will be activated and we would allow you to start receiving your
winnings in US $ 7000.00 instalments.

The Receivers Information For The US $ 87 is as follows:

Receivers Name: Sarah Ndubuisi
Country Benin
City Cotonou
Text Question: Present Year
Answer: 2015
Amount to be sent: US $ 87

Immediately he Receives the payment, Our Western Union payment
Department Shall activate your programmed Transaction to enable you
receive your first Instalment payment of $ 7,000.00 Immediately from
the Total Funds $ 500,000.00. Please Note: this Control number
(3,125,850,067) SHOULD BE not kept very Safe and secret for your own
Security, to Avoid Someone else with you Tempering Funds. Send SMS
text at (320) 204-0060 or call + 229-989-653-77 for more Details and
directives.

We congratulate you in Advance.
Bonanza winnings Claims Department
Western Union Money Transfer Office.

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