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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.JAMES OYEGUN," <"www."@cosmos.ocn.ne.jp>
Reply-To: "Mr.JAMES OYEGUN," <westernuniontransfer1989@gmail.com>,>
Date: Fri, 4 Aug 2017 19:44:00 +0900 (JST)
Subject: ATTENTION BENEFICIARY!!!


Sequel to the meeting held today with Federal Bureau of Investigation, The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is compensating all the scam victims and your name and email
address was found in the scam victims list. This Western Union office has been mandated by the IMF to transfer your compensation to you via Western Union Money Transfer.

However, we have concluded to effect your own payment through Western Union Money Transfer, you shall be receiving $5,000 daily until the total sum of $2,700,000.00 is completely transferred to you. This is your first payment information of $5000: MTCN#: 2411392225 which will be release to you immediately we verify your information. Kindly reconfirm the following information:
Your name .........
Country........
Marital Status......
Next of kin.......
Occupation.......
Telephone........
Be assured that as soon as confirm the above listed information we shall start sending your daily payment of $5,000 and make sure you do not disclose this information to anybody to avoid double claim which will lead to the cancellation of your fund.
Thanks.

Yours in Service.
JAMES OYEGUN,
Email==(westernuniontransfer1989@gmail.com)

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