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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: "Office" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <wutm.payments@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 22 Dec 2016 00:29:48 +0100
Subject: GOOD NEWS

WESTERN UNION MONEY TRANSFER WORLD WIDE:
OFFICE OF THE WESTERN UNION MONEY
TRANSFER NIGERIA.

Office: +234-807-090-0951


Dear Beneficiary,


This is to inform you that Your Embassy office was instructed to transfer $7.500,000.00 U.S Dollars compensating to all the SCAM VICTIMS and your email was found as one of the VICTIMS. by America security leading team and America representative officers so between today till the end of this Year 2016, you will be receiving the sum of $5000 dollars Bit By Bit in every Three Hours per day. However be informed that we have already sent the $5,000 dollars this morning to avoid cancellation of your payment, remain the total sum of $7.500,000.00.

You have only six hours to call this office upon the receipt of this email the maximum amount you will be receiving Bit By Bit in every Three Hours starting from today is $5,000 and the Money Transfer Control Number of today is below. On no account will you ever disclose this control number to anyone once you have track the money Online and confirm the receipt of the payment available for pick up until you have been able to activate the Receiver's Name to your own name.

Your fund have been successfully programmed in our data base and the MTCN is available and you shall be receiving in every three Hours $5,000 bit by bit until you have completely pick up the full approved fund in your name. But you can not be able to pick up the money at this moment until you activate the payment to your own name as the receiver to the fund.

Below is the information of today track it is in our website: https://wumt.westernunion.com/asp/orderStatus.asp?country=NG to see that it is available to pick up by the receiver, but if we didn’t here from you soon we'll disconnect the link to this transaction Online for security reason and to avoid hackers from stealing the money online.

MTCN: 7298423178
Sender`s First Name: HOLLY
Sender's Last Name: WALDON
Amount: $5000USD


NOTE; The sent $5,000 is on hold because of the instruction from IMF office, they asked us to place it on hold by requesting that you send activation fee (Activation Fee $550 Us Dollars Only) in order to enable us activate your payment to avoid any hitches while sending you the payment through Western Union money transfer, the necessary obligation I mean here is for you to send the (Activation Fee $550 Us Dollars Only) because the fund has already been programmed in our data base and as soon as you send the fee your fund will be activated to enable you receive your first batch payment and after that you will be receiving $5,000 Us Dollars in every Three Hours until you completely receive your full approved fund in your name.

However, this MTCN will be kept with care because that is the only number you will use in collection of your approved $7.500,000.00 and as long as this office is concern the mtcn will remain valid in every Three Hours for your pick up of $5000USD until you have completely received your full approved fund in your name.

Here is the name and address of where you will send the needed Activation Fee $550 Via Western Union To This Office.

Receiver's Name: IKECHUKWU ONAH
Location: Delta-Nigeria
Text Question: Very?
Answer: Good
Amount To Send: $550 Us Dollars Only

We need your Full name, direct phone number and your address to enable us place the payment to your name and transfer the fund to you. And don't forget to send the payment information along to enable us spring into action and activate your payment for the immediate release of your fund in your name.

Thanks,
Mr. Frank Ashley
Office: +234-807-090-0951

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