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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. Robert Allen" <"WWW."@water.ocn.ne.jp>
Reply-To: "Mr. Robert Allen" <westernunionoffice00@naij.com>
Date: Fri, 16 Jun 2017 01:41:53 +0900 (JST)
Subject: Dear Customer

UBA BANK HEAD OFFICE
741 Rue des Francisains Adidogome
Benin Republic / Lome broade
P.O Box 9263

Hello Dear Customer,,

Greetings, am very sorry for taken too much of your time at this moment but please try to understand and bear with me as soon as you go through this urgent message, since this is not the first i am sending you this message, please know that the only thing left for you to do now is to pay the (A.R.O) Authorization Release Order of $35.00 USD which is the only charges you will be ask to pay .I am very sorry for all the problem that you have passed through because of this your belong payment of which you failed till now,

I will guarantee you 100% sure that you will not pay any more money after you send this fee because you will pick up your first payment within 45 minutes after receiving the last fee from you and I will be the cost of the fee if it is any other fee but I believer that no any fee we will ask you to pay again I will makes sure that I must put smile on your face in next 45 minutes I am waiting for your payment because this transaction has taken so long and I don't want you to lose this fund at this end of the Year, This are your funds which is already in our system to transfer to you and it will be release to you as soon as you pay the (A.R.O) Authorization Release Order fees of $35.00USD.

For us to give you the complete information's is for you to send the requested fees/charges to our cashier directly Accountant and fee should be directed to us through Western Union or Money Gram money transfer network.

Receiver Name:...Paul Chika
City:....Porto - Novo
Receiver Country:.....Benin Republic
Question:.....GOD?
Answer:.... IS GOOD
Amount:....$35.00 USD only

MTCN: ...
Sender Name...

We assure you that as soon as you send the 35.00usd via Money-Gram or Western Union money transfer your funds will automatically release to you before 45 min's time just let me know once you send the money , so I hope to hear from you soonest to proceed your transfer immediately Reply Via Below Email: ( westernunionoffice00@naij.com )

Your's Sincerely,
Mr. Robert Allen
Managing Director (Foreign Dept)
UBA Bank Western Union Office,
Tel: +22999336924

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