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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." (may be fake)
Reply-To: <www.wualertpayment212@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 28 Jun 2016 21:32:50 +0700
Subject: WESTERN UNION ALERT

ATTENTION: BENEFICIARY,
WE THE WESTERN UNION FUND REMITTANCE OFFICE, HEREBY WRITE TO INFORM
YOU THAT WE HAVE ALREADY SENT YOUR FULL COMPENSATION PAYMENT OF $1.5M
THROUGH WESTERN UNION.
YOU WILL BE RECEIVING 10.000.00U USD PER DAY, AND WE HAVE SENT THE
FIRST PAYMENT TO YOU. SO CONTACT OUR DIRECTOR MR. STEVEN JONES AND
IDENTIFY WITH HIM REF TO THE WESTERN UNION PAYMENT INFORMATION SO
YOU'LL HAVE THE ACCESS TO PICK UP YOUR FUNDS THROUGH WESTERN UNION
WITHOUT ANY PROBLEM.
CONTACT HIM WITH THE BELLOW INFORMATION.
(www.wualertpayment212@gmail.com)
AND CONTACT HIM WITH YOUR FULL INFORMATION.
Your name............
country.... ..........
phone ...........
address...............
city..........
age..................
sex..................
EMAIL HIM NOW SO THAT HE CAN PROVIDE THE WESTERN UNION
INFORMATION TO YOU AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
Dr Steven Jones

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