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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 <Dan.PETER@ieec.utcluj.ro>
Reply-To: wumtcenter003@gmail.com
Date: Sat, 25 Dec 2021 12:53:09 -0800
Subject: Dear Beneficiary



Available For Pick Up

Western Union Money Transfer, in conjunction with the International
Monetary Fund(IMF) Reconciliation Committee, had agreed to pay you a
total amount of $350,000.00 USD compensation fund.

The compensation fund has been signed to be paid to you for all the
money you have lost to scammers and through internet banking frauds.

Your name appeared on our payment schedule list of beneficiaries that
will receive their funds in this 2nd quarter payment of the year
according to our banking regulation. We apologize for the delay of your
payment.

The sum of $3,000.00 USD or its equivalent in your local currency will
be transferred to you via WU every day until all the $350,000.00 USD is
sent across to you.

We have registered your first payment of $3,000.00 USD online through
Western Union Money Transfer.

Just confirm your first payment with the instructions below, Open this
website: www.westernunion.com , then click "Track Transfer", for you to
see the status of the transaction online.

As soon as you open the website, enter this tracking number(MTCN):
9948333151.

As soon as you enter the tracking number click "Track Transfer" to
confirm by yourself.

These are the details you need to present to the western union
officials. Also go with your id card:

MTCN: 9948333151,
Sender Names: Salfo Zango,
Sender City: Ouagadougou,
Sender Country of sender: Nigeria.
Amount sent: $3,000 USD.

Money Transfer | Global Money Transfer | Western Union

Go to any Western union office in your area and pick it up. Make sure
you go with an identification of yourself like a driving license or
national id or international passport.

Yours sincerely,
Dr. Mrs. Waleed Omarh.

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