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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 RAFFLE DRAW" <bouban@no-log.org>
Reply-To: info.wumt@zoho.eu
Date: Sat, 3 Nov 2018 01:54:12 +0100
Subject: Notice WUMT




Dear Western Union Customer,

You have been awarded with the sum of $100,000 USD by our office, as one
of our customers who use Western Union in their daily business transaction
this award was as a result of the raffle draw by our Head office to
appreciate the patronage from our numerous customers, and I am pleased to
inform that your email address attached to this draw machine has won you
$100,000.with the receipt number Awu-2093 of transaction date of
28-09-2018. Please provide Mrs. Julie Thompson with the following details
Listed below so that your payment will be sent to you.

1. Name:
2. Address:
3. Country:
4. Phone Number:

Mrs. Julie Thompson E-mail: info.wumt@zoho.eu

As soon as these details are received and verified, your draft will be
deposited with Courier Company for your designated address. Thank you, for
using western union.

Bouban Kevinz
Notification Officer, Western Union Raffle Draw Committee.

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