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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. Roberts John" <shane@dev.isp.telekom.rs>
Reply-To: wu.moneytransfer@yahoo.com
Date: Wed, 01 Feb 2017 10:55:16 +0100
Subject: Your $6000 MTCN: 836-105-8301

Send Money Worldwide
ECO-BANK WESTERN UNION MONEY TRANSFER
THE WESTERN UNION MONEY TRANSFER OFFICE .
COTONOU BENIN REPUBLIC/ KALAVI, ROAD
AGBOMEGA KALAVI COTONOU.
WEB SITE. www.westernunion.com
CONTACT PHONE +229 61661211
CONTACT EMAIL:( wu.payments@yahoo.com )

THIS MAIL IS ONLY FOR THE OWNER OF THIS E-MAIL ADDRESS, REGARDING YOUR APPROVED FUND: $2,500.000.00 DOLLARS.

My Dear,

Somebody called our office and claimed you assign him to receive these funds on your behalf. So i called our head office to be sure before we pay money to the wrong person. It's clear and understood that you are very much alive and you did not authorize anyone to receive money on your behalf.

This case will be handed over to the police board to investigate who this man is he's trying to steal funds that does not belong to him. The total money is $2,500.000.00 USD and we will be sending you $6,000 daily until the $2,500.000.00 dollars are fully paid to you.

Below is the payment details made to you but your name has not been update as the receiver. You are required to send $70 for the purchasing of your transfer files to prevent an illegal payments to you. Your name has not be updated on the system as the receiver but we will do that once we receive the required fee from you then we put your name as the receiver.

HERE IS THE PAYMENT DETAILS POST OUT THIS MORNING

MTCN: 836-105-8301
Sender: Clarence Johnathan
Amount: $6,000
Receiver: ********
Question: Transfer code?
Answer: 001

STATUS: FUND AVAILABLE TO BE RECEIVE BUT IS ON HOLD UNTIL YOU SEND THE REQUIRED $70 DOLLAR FOR THE RELEASE OF YOUR $6,000 DOLLAR FIRST PAYMENT .

NAME: CHRISO NCHEKWUBE
COUNTRY: BENIN
CITY: COTONOU
QUESTION: TODAY?
ANSWER: YES

You are advise to send the fee $70 dollar today. Send it by western union or money gram to the information immediately, As soon as we receive confirmation of $70 payment from you we will quickly release your transfer. Look forward hearing from you once you send the fee.

Mr. Paul Ekweoba
Tel: (+229) 61661211
FOREIGN OPERATION MANAGER
Quick Reply
To: World Bank < wu.payments@yahoo.com >
To all: World Bank < wu.moneytransfer@yahoo.com >
www.westernunion.com
Our Ref:WUMTOXX2/987
Western Union Money Transfer International Dept

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