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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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Fraud email example:

From: "Mr. William Edward," <"www."@alpha.ocn.ne.jp>
Reply-To: "Mr. William Edward," <westernunion136@yahoo.com>
Date: Sat, 24 Jun 2017 22:21:38 +0900 (JST)
Subject: PAY ANY AMOUNT FOR YOU TO PICK UP YOUR FIRST PAYMENT.

PAY ANY AMOUNT FOR YOU TO PICK UP YOUR FIRST PAYMENT.

Information reaching us from our corporate headquarters now, states that you only have 72 hours to effect payment for the activation of your MTCN and payment file to enable you cash up your first $6,500:00 from your total (fund) since you are finding it difficult to make the payment.

We have decided that you are to go ahead and pay what ever you have for the activation fee since you are not able to come up with the required sum, time is of the essence here.

You are to pay what ever you have for the activation fee, we will activate your MTCN and payment file upon receipt of this payment, here is the payment for the $6500:00 usd with the name of our Assistant Accountant officer, but you can not pick it up because the Director of the western union say that before you pick that money you must pay any amount you have at hand out of listed Amount bellow,

List of any amount you can Sent, choose any one here, $108.00usd, $150.00usd, $89.00usd, $99.00usd or $80.00 usd, send it through western union Or Moneygram.

Bellow is the first batch payment information's for you, but you can not pick it up for now due to it is not yet activate, until you going to western union or moneygram to send the activation fee of any Amount you have at hand out of listed amount above.

(Track the MTCN track) by visiting::::::::: https://secure.westernunion.com/track
Money Transfer Control Number (M.T.C.N): 1736958222
Sender First Name: Elliott
Sender Last Name: Mazer
Question=when
Answer=Now
Amount Sent=$6,500 USD

Be informed that you will have to pay the balance sum of your activation upon cashing up of your first $6500:00 USD, also I am using this medium to inform you that failure to pay the balance sum will leave us with no option but to deactivate your MTCN of which you will and can never cash up the balance sum, I want you to send the activation fee with the information bellow.

Your total amount of your fund is $4.5Million USD, so use this name and Address of our Accountant officer to send any Amount you have at hand out of listed amount above,

1.receiver name:...CHIDIKE IFEDIEGWU
2.country:.........Benin Republic.
3.city :...........Cotonou
4.test question:....when?
5.test answer:.....Now
6.sender name and Address.....

7.The List of any amount you can Send, choose any one here, $108.00usd, $150.00usd, $89.00usd, $99.00usd or $80.00 usd,send it through Moneygram Or Western Union

Send us the MTCN number immediately you send the money and immediately we confirm the transfer fee we will release your first receipt of your $6500:00 today or tomorrow morning,

God be with you and your family thank,

Mr. William Edward,
Telephone No: (+229-94406886)
Email: ( westernunion136@yahoo.com)
western union office Benin republic, for your payment.

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