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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: western union <"wu."@bell.ocn.ne.jp>
Reply-To: western union <westernunionmt323@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 1 Nov 2017 15:38:58 +0900 (JST)
Subject: Transfer cancellation notice.........

Dear Customer,

This is to report to you that our western union bureau have received a correspondence from the federal high court as cancellation notice of your fund transfer to be deleted from foreign payment file .
The western union management desires to inform you that your funds transfer with us has been programmed among the TWO transactions that will face cancellation soon.


The management of this western union held an urgent meeting in my office today, regarding the transferring of your funds by western union and they have asked my office to submit all the paper works and files containing your funds confidentials but i refused and asked the board members to give me 2days so that i consult you personally for you to declare your interest on the funds transfer.

Further more, you are advised to reply to this email after reading, and feel free to tell us why you abandoned such huge amount here. Let us know if you are no longer interested to complete your transaction.
Finally, if you still have the interest of being paid your funds by western union money transfer; you should kindly forward your receiver’s name and address including your phone number and your funds will be transferred to you immediately.

I am looking forward to your positive cooperation fairly soon.

Best regards.

Mr. Dina` Ralph.
Operation Manager
Western union

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