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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 E-LOTTERY <bgreen@gloryroad.net>
Date: Mon, 20 Jun 2016 04:21:12 -0300
Subject: : VERY URGENT: PLEASE PICK UP THE MONEY USD$10,000.00 FIRST PAYMENT
FROM THE WESTERN UNION


Messina Shopping Centre
National Road, Musina Limpopo, South Africa
Tel: +1 (800)-325-6000 (Customer care Hotline)
Tel: +27-(015) 534 3091
Tel: +27-(0) 73 816 8194
Fax: +27-(0) 86 567 5877
Email: audh@vnanet.vn
Website: www.westernunion.com
------------------------

ATTN:WESTERN UNION WINNER,

CONGRATULATIONS!

THIS IS YOUR FINAL REMINDING NOTICE OF YOUR OUTSTANDING PAYMENT
GBP£2,500,000.00 TO CLAIM:


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 INTERPROVINCIAL LOTTERY CORPORATION
(ILC) IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE WESTERN UNION E-MAIL DRAW 2016, FOR THE
CLAIM OF YOUR PRIZE FUND YOU ARE TO CONTACT THE BELOW INFORMATION VIA
E-MAIL WITH YOUR REF.(WUNT/768/0034578#/RSA).

After our annual beginning of the year 2016 conference executive board
meeting today held in Abu Dhabi United Arab Emirates (UAE), We have
finally arranged,agreed,authorized and approved then concluded to
wired / transferred your outstanding Interprovincial Lottery
Corporation (ILC) in conjunction with the Western Union 2016: Award
Lottery Fund Payment of £2, 500,000.00 GBP (Two Million Five Hundred
Thousand Great Britain Pounds) only and that should be total
equivalents to $3,567,250.00 USD United States Dollar, Its actually
further equivalents to €3,303,630.23 EUR Euro only batch by batch
through Western Union Money Transfer Agency. Which was gone through
our foreign correspondent agent here in Abu Dhabi United Arab Emirates
(UAE), Note that we excitedly did made two transactions today to you
each transaction is absolutely $5,000.00 USD. Please kindly enough
pick up our first two installments payment of USD$10,000.00 (Ten
Thousand United States Dollar) Only which was sent to you below are
the MTCN NO# to pick up the funds immediately without further delay.

Due to daily limit solid transfer control System through Western Union
Money Transfer policies and 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 expecting to receive from us
sorry for the inconveniences this may course you during this
transaction due to the time frame schedule and UAE and South African
Government policies to have it finalized in time bear with us please
pick up this amount today then first thing tomorrow morning we'll
still transfer another $10,000.00 United States Dollar installment
payment to you to pick up at any nearest Western Union outlets Agent
Office there in your (CITY) within 10 minutes.


NOTE: THIS TWO MTCN NUMBERS NEED TO BE ENDORSE, AUTHORIZED AND
COMMENCE IN OUR SYSTEM FIRST BEFORE YOU CAN BE ABLE TO PICK UP THE
MONEY AT THE WESTERN UNION OUTLETS AGENT OFFICE THERE IN YOUR CITY:FOR
US TO AUTHORIZE THE MTCN NO# YOU QUICKLY INSTRUCTED TO GET BACK TO US
WITH YOUR FULL DETAILS BELOW.

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#: 729-842-3178
SENDER'S NAME: Holly Waldon
COUNTRY SEND: United Arab Emirates (UAE)
AMOUNT TO PICK UP NOW: USD$5,000.00
-----------------------------------------
MTCN NO#: 492-016-5927
SENDER'S NAME: Mr. Abdulrazzaq Abdulkarim Al Zarooni
COUNTRY SEND: United Arab Emirates (UAE)
AMOUNT TO PICK UP NOW: USD$5,000.00
=========================================

Transaction Ref: TLL020020000012

We refer to your request dated in April, 2016 for D10 Payment via
(WESTERN UNION) Transaction for $10,000.00 USD; we are pleased to
confirm that this request has been completed congratulations once
again!.

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) 73 816 8194 (within South Africa) or
+27-(0) 73 816 8194 (outside South Africa). FAX:+27 (0) 86 567 5877 or
just email us.

KINDLY DO EMAIL US AT: atr@afnet.net
FOR INQUIRIES PLEASE EMAIL US AT: acpd@orange.sn
TO CLAIM YOUR PRIZE MONEY DO EMAIL US AT: chambers@gol.net.gy

PLEASE SEE ATTACHED DOCUMENT FILE FOR FURTHER STEP HOW TO CLAIM THE
PRIZE.KINDLY FILL IN THE AWARDS CLAIM FORM BELOW WITH YOUR FULL
DETAILS AND RETURN IT BACK TO US TO ENABLE US ACT ON YOUR BEHALF AND
THEN PROCESS THIS TRANSACTION WITHIN 10 MINUTES.

YOUR TWO PAYMENT SLIP COPIES ALSO ATTACHED TO THIS EMAIL VIEW THE
ATTACHED FILE:

THE SENDER'S ID CARD IS ALSO ATTACHED TO THIS EMAIL: VIEW THE ATTACHED FILE.

BELOW IS THE COMPUTER PRINT OUT RECEIPT COPIES OF YOUR TWO TRANSACTION
PAYMENT AVAILABLE FOR YOU TO PICK UP AT WESTERN UNION OUTLETS AGENT.
=====================================================
Send Money through Western Union®
Reference Number: 529833
Transaction Status: Successful
Transaction Date/Time: 18-04-2016 10:32:12 AM GST
From Account: 3354961409 (Current)
Amount: $5,000.00 USD
MTCN: 729-842-3178
Sender's Name: Mr. Holly Waldon
WU Reference No: 176046080
Estimated Destination FCY Amount: US Dollars $5,000.00
Exchange Rate: 3.67295 AED Emirati Dirham
Tax Invoice No.: 8877-091-150430-125000
GST @3.6: 18,362.75 AED Emirati Dirham
Transaction Amount: $5,000.00 USD
Total Amount Payable: $5,000.00 USD
Purpose Code: Transaction of 18,362.75 AED Emirati Dirham
AND BELOW
Test Question: What Color
Answer: White
=====================================================
Send Money through Western Union®
Reference Number: 529833
Transaction Status: Successful
Transaction Date/Time: 18-04-2016 10:32:12 AM GST
From Account: 3354961409 (Current)
Amount: $5,000.00 USD
MTCN: 492-016-5927
Sender's Name: Mr. Abdulrazzaq Abdulkarim Al Zarooni
WU Reference No: 176046080
Estimated Destination FCY Amount: US Dollars $5,000.00
Exchange Rate: 3.67295 AED Emirati Dirham
Tax Invoice No.: 8877-091-150430-125000
GST @3.6: 18,362.75 AED Emirati Dirham
Transaction Amount: $5,000.00 USD
Total Amount Payable: $5,000.00 USD
Purpose Code: Transaction of 18,362.75 AED Emirati Dirham
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 hitched of delay
since this transaction has became overdue transaction and it has
approved and signed 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,
Dr.Mrs. Tammy Lee Minaar
Executive Chief Operational Protocol
Forex Dept,
Moneyweb Private Bank
South Africa.
Email us at: buch@orange.sn
For help please do email us at: 3450038746@qq.com

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Tel:+27-(0) 73 816 8194 | Fax: +27 (0) 86 567 5877 | Offices
Address: Messina Shopping Centre| National Road, Musina | LIMPOPO,ZA
|South Africa|.

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