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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: "Hon Mrs. Juliet Iwu" <"iwu."@snow.ocn.ne.jp>
Reply-To: Dr Oke Amosu <westernunion250@yahoo.com>
Date: Wed, 19 Jul 2017 04:52:51 +0900 (JST)
Subject: CAN YOU BE TRUTHFUL?

I HAVE A QUESTION TO ASK YOU NOW WHAT IS YOUR AIM TOWARDS YOUR FUND WHICH HAS
BEEN DEPOSITED HERE FOR LONG TIME?

Do you want to abandoned your fund your fund here simple because of this
charge from the western union which is not up to two percent of what is coming
way?

Tell me your reasons of this since you know that this administrative charge
must be paid?
Listen everything is not all about money, at least I know that almost every
country sufferings from economic melt down, but if you can be truthful, honest
and have understanding among ourselves then we should be able to tell the
truth with the little we have so that the abandoned fund in question can be
transfer to you and forget the past failure you had because of the fee you are
told to pay.


Please I need your reply as soon as you read this message so that even if you
don’t have all the fee you are told to pay which is $250 let me know the one
you have so you can go and send it and the balance I will help you to sort it
out, but let me make this word clear to you , I don’t want you to tell me lies ,
just go straight and tell me how much you have so that I can complete the rest
for you.

I can accept any amount from $50 united state dollars upwards and I will advice
you to always go by the truth because lying may cause a very big delay and you
cannot blame anybody.

Let us keep this agreement that if you tell the truth and I keep my promise the
blessings that follow truth shall follow us but if anyone of us tells lies
let the person receive the punishment of God (agreement is an oath).

Reconfirm your informations as follows
your name_________________,your current home address____________________
your working telephone number______________________,
your Id___,your current occupation_______________

As you read this email please try to reconfirm your current full receivers
information’s so that once you send what you have there will be no more delay.

Thanks and I pray that this message will merit your understanding.
Email address::(westernunion250@ yahoo.com)
Regards
MR JOHN MARK

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