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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.Raul Benzi" <onyebuchi5812@gmail.com>
Reply-To: westernunion58112@gmail.com
Date: Mon, 14 Feb 2022 15:25:42 +0100
Subject: I am expecting your urgent response as soon as you receive my message

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I'm Mr.Raul Benzi, from western union office, bringing to you this good
news and I only need your understanding to this message. I have
emailed to inform you about the recovering of your outstanding fund which
was made possible by this office through the help of United
Nation, this means that your total fund of US$10,500,000.00 has been
recovered and we have made an arrangement of sending you this fund on
daily basis and as well create a western union account in your name so that
you will easily access your fund. Furthermore I want to let you
know that your first payment of US$4,800.00 has already been sent to you
and is available right now but we need to redeem the transfer
before you can pick it up, so you have to get google play card of $50 only,
scratch it gently, take a picture of it and send it to us with
immediate effect in other to have your transfer released.

You can track your transfer here with the below info:
Here is your Money Transfer Control Number
(MTCN) 6848865120
Tracking Website: https://www.westernunion.com/global-service/track-transfer
Amount: US$4,800.00.
Get back to us with the $50.00 worth itune card so that we will
release your transfer.

Management.
Mr.Raul Benzi
Text and call us on: +22964968059
Email: westernunion58112@gmail.com

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