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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 MONEY TRANSFER" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <wstun.office@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 27 Jan 2017 13:42:44 +0200
Subject: WESTERN UNION OFFER

Western Union Financial Services (USA), Inc
35 W 31st St, Florida, FL 10001, United States
Email: wstun.office@gmail.com
Tel: +1940 603 2415

Dear Customer,

THE WESTERN UNION MONEY TRANSFER SERVICE IS SUBJECT TO THE 14TH ANNUAL AWARD PROGRAM:

This event counts as opportunity to award the best western union International Money Transfer users globally. This is 14th annual program of the event & your name appears as one of the best customers since 2010. The principal amount for the awardees is categorically based on the amount you have sent via western union money transfer service since 2010.

Western Union reserves banks & its commission has picked your name as one of the best customers since 2010. The total sum of $950,000.00 is both the interest and principal amount awarded for your efforts by chosen western union service.

The payment; transferring of your fund to you shall be through our affiliate bank. In agreement, you are going to provide us your bank account information or you prefer to receive your awarded fund through Western Union payout card, online banking and ATM master card. The Western Union Financial Services cannot transfer your awarded fund at once; therefore, we decided to use our affiliate bank to make the transfer easier for you.

Requirements:
We advice you to provide the following information to us:
Your identification
Your current telephone number
Your current address

Please kindly contact this agent location office with the following information for immediate submission of your payment file to our affiliate bank.

Yours in service
Mr. Rick Moore
Agent location office
USA.

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