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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 <www.@basil.ocn.ne.jp>
Reply-To: western union <westernunion11110000@yahoo.com>
Date: Sat, 6 Aug 2016 14:10:14 +0900 (JST)
Subject: ATTENTION DEAR

ATTENTION DEAR

We want to inform you that your $10.5 million USD has been release today from western union and we want you to contact Dr. Brown Timothy immediately with this email address (westernunion11110000@yahoo.com) Or the phone number(+229-98644349) Here is the information the western union office need from you.

Full Name:--------------------------
Full Address:-----------------------
City,State,Zip code:----------------
Phone Number:-----------------------
Nationality:------------------------
Sex:--------------------------------
Date of Bath:-----------------------
Occupation:-------------------------

Ask him to give you the question and answer for you to pick up the $5000 he sent to you, He will be sending it $5000 until he finish sending the whole amount to you which is $10.5M USD, you will pay small amount for Re-activation Fee before you can pick up the money but we don't know the exactly amount.

We wish You Good luck
Sincerely,
Dr Brown Timothy (ESQ).
IMF MANAGING DIRECTOR
BENIN REPUBLIC
IMF MANAGING DIRECTOR






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