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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: "MR NWA EKE" <bahar@onusgroup.com>
Reply-To: westernoffice@mail2mark.com
Date: Sat, 10 Dec 2016 14:53:00 +0600
Subject: GOOD DAY MY DEAREST!




Information WESTERN UNION 2016 BONUS ALERT

THIS IS TO INFORM YOU THAT WE ARE GIVING AWAY BONUS 2016 TO ALL OUR
BENEFICIARY AND YOUR

EMAIL WAS AMONG THEM , AS A RESULT OF YOUR OUT_STANDING FUND OF $2.5M YOU
ARE HEREBY

REQUESTED TO PAY ONLY $98 USD INSTEAD OF THE FEE YOU WHERE ASK TO PAY
BEFORE, THIS IS AS A

RESULT OF BONUS 2016.AND YOU WILL PICK UP $5,000 USD TODAY VIA WESTERN
UNION MONEY

TRANSFER DAILY UNTIL YOUR TOTAL FUND IS COMPLETED IMMEDIATELY WE CONFIRM
THE PAYMENT

RECEIPT OF $98 USD.


RECEIVER NAME ...... GABRIEL OKOYE
COUNTRY:::::::BENIN REPUBLIC
CITY::::::COTONOU
TEXT QUESTION........AA
ANSWER........AA
FEE........$98 USD
MTCN.......
SENDER NAME ..........

click or copy this link bellow and paste it on a new
tab it will appear to you as Money Arrived or Available To Pick up By
Receiver.

https://www.wu.com/content/wucom/Countries/en_BJ/track-transfer-result.html?

transactionStatus=AVAILABLE&progressIndicator=3&statusMessage=Your%20money%20transfer%27s

%20ready%20to%20be%20picked%20up%20at%20any%20Western%20Union%20agent%20location

WESTERN UNION MANAGEMENT

THANKS MR NWA EKE.
PHONE +22999747381.
EMAIL (westernoffice@mail2mark.com)







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