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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 money transfer <mohammedamaruabubakar@gmail.com>
Reply-To: susanw_b@outlook.com
Date: Thu, 23 Jul 2020 13:35:09 -0700
Subject: your first payment $ 5,000 MTCN # 777-713-1520 is ready to pick up

Attention Dear Beneficiary,​​
​
Welcome to Western Union Head Office and This is to inform you that
International Monetary Fund IMF is compensating all the scam victims
sum of $ 6,700,000.00 USD here in Nigeria (six Million seven Hundred
Thousand Dollar) Only each, and your email address was found in the
scam victim's list) This Western Union head office has been mandated
by the International Monetary Fund IMF Director to transfer your
compensation fund to you via Western Union Transfer Daily. ​​​
​
We the western union office here stated that you will be receiving
your fund $ 6,700,000.00 at the maximum of $ 5,000.00 daily is the
whole fund $ 6,700,000.00 is completely transfer to you. The only fee
you are require to pay is the Western Union Stamp Duty which is the
sum of $270 only.​​​​
​
Already We have sent out your first payment $ 5,000 MTCN # 777-713-1520 #​​​​
​
BELOW IS YOUR FIRST PAYMENT $ 5, OOO.OOUSD click on the link and track
the mtcn​​​
​
https://www.westernunion.com/global-service/track-transfer?clid=IwAR2xE4QfJ3Av1ZEUDqn2RL_muZpTLPfGe7ApZBnif6zZ19WoiGTrSdONtcE​​​​
​
MTCN #________________________ 777-713-1520 #​​​
​
Sender's First Name: ------- Dr.Kesh​​​​
Sender's Last Name: ------ Mouhammed​​​​
Sender's Location: ------- Seattle, Lagos Nigeria​​​​
Amount sent: ------- $ 5000​​​​
Remember we need your full information as where we will be sending the
second payments $ 5000 to avoid wrong transfer such as,​​​​​
​
Your Full Name: ....................:​​​​
Your Home Address: ............:​​​​
Your Country / City: ..............:​​​
​
Your Age: .......................... ...:​​​​
YOUR occupation .................;​​​​
Your Sex: .......................... ...:​​​​
Your Direct Phone Number:​​​​
​
Your ID copy: ......................:​​​​​
​
Urgent go and pick up your first payment $ 5000 now and get back to us
for your second payment.​​​​
​
Thanks,​​​​
​
Dr.Kesh Mohamed​​​
The Western Union Director Republic Of Nigeria​

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