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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: "P.C.E Hikmet Ersek" <mgramoffice0@gmail.com>
Reply-To: westernunion826@aol.com
Date: Tue, 8 Mar 2022 09:32:53 +0100
Subject: VERY IMPORTANT AND URGENT!!

Dear Beneficiary,

This is to inform you that we have sent your first payment of
$5,000.00 (Five Thousand dollars) through Western Union as we have
been given the mandate to transfer your full compensation fund of
$4.5Million Dollars via Western Union by the United Nations
Government.I called to give you the information through phone but we
could not reach you even this morning.

So,I was instructed to email you the payment information which include
Reference (Money Transfer Control Number) and sender's name,so that
you can pick up your payment of $5,000.00 to enable us send another
payment of $5,000.00 by tomorrow as you know we shall be sending you
only $5,000.00 per day. Please copy this payment information below and
go to any Western Union office/outlet closer to you to receive this
payment of $5,000.00 and get back to us to send you another payment by
tomorrow. Use the below info to pick up your money now.

MTCN: 0379678085,
Sender Names: Waleed Omarh,
Sender City: New York,
Sender Country of sender: United States.
Amount sent: $5,000 USD.

Senders address: same as above Call or email this office as soon as
you have received this payment you can also track your payment on line
by login to(https://www.westernunion.com/us/en/self-service/app/tracktransfer)
before you go to any Western Union transfer close to you to pick the
money. Fill The Form Below.

1. Name:________
2.Address:_______
3. Country:_______
4. City:_________
5. Phone Number:______
6.Occupation:_____
7. Sex:__________
8. Age:__________
9. Whats-App Number:_____
Your urgent respond is required please.

Yours sincerely,
P.C.E. Hikmet Ersek
Track your money transfer Western Union
western-union.com

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