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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 <alert1@westernunialert.es.cx>
Reply-To: <swiftpaymasters-online@hotmail.com>
Date: Fri, 1 Apr 2016 12:58:05 -0700
Subject: YOUR COMPENSATION FUNDS IS READY FOR PICK UP


SWIFT MESSAGE
Swift Input : FIN103 CUSTOMER CREDIT
Date of issue : 14 / 03/ 2016
Maturing At : / 24 / 03/2016
Amount : 950,000.00 USD
TRANSIT BULK DELIVERY TRANSFER NOTIFICATION: REF. S076554920134392/AF298/W=
QM1/Z01
=

Hello Dear,
We refer to the thirty- six (36) payments sent to our branch on the 14th o=
f March 2016 under the instructions of the International Centre for Settlem=
ent of Contracts & Investments Disputes (ICSID) which is a United Nations W=
orld Bank Assisted Project to compensate 100 owed foreign contractors/Scam =
victims with the sum of US$950,000 each through Western Union Services.
Further to this, Your name was shortlisted and submitted to us as the bene=
ficiary to one of the payments under the above-mentioned transaction refere=
nces. We have been trying to reach you on the phone to give you the MTCN an=
d the deposit slip all to no avail. However, be informed that We have concl=
uded arrangement to effect your payment through a daily Money Transfer Cont=
rol Number (MTCN).
But the maximum amount you shall be receiving henceforth is $5,000 daily u=
ntil the total funds is completely paid out to you.
Kindly contact Western Union Branch Agent with the below information for t=
he pick up details:
Contact Person: Brown Cooper
Contact Email: swiftpaymasters-online@hotmail.com
Contact Phone Number: +2349090918039
Make Sure you contact him with your Contract/Inheritance reference number =
S076554920134392/AF298/WQM1/Z01 and your current contact details such as;
1. Your Full Names: ...............................
2. Your Cell Phone Number:.........................
3. Your Home Address: .............................
4. Your Occupation:................................
5. Your Age and Sex:...............................
Please note that due to logistics and security reasons, a non-activated da=
ily installment of 5,000.00 USD was inputted and sent to your name, hence y=
ou will be required to activate your account with them for a hitch-free pic=
k up. So kindly contact Mr.Brown Cooper and tell him to give you the MTCN, =
Sender Name, Question/Answer to pick the 5,000.00 USD.
Please let me know as soon as you have received it.
=

Thank you.
David Johnson.
Branch Mgr, Product/Service Dept.

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