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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 <muktarinuru@gmail.com>
Reply-To: w.uofficer.hq40@gmail.com
Date: Fri, 3 Feb 2023 20:45:49 -0800
Subject: WESTERN UNION MONEY TRANSFER NOTIFICATION

Welcome to Western Union Worldwide

Department of Western Union United States of America.

Address 1 Columbus A_Beneficiary, Our Rve, Washington DC, 10006,
United States of America

Our Ref: IMF/WB/UN/XWFD/0611/X012

Greetings from the Western Union Office Department. ef:
IMF/WB/UN/XWFD/0611/X012

We have sent this mail to you several times without getting any reply from you.

This is to inform you that the United State Government under President
Joe Biden’s Administration has instructed Western Union Office
Headquarters here in the United States to transfer 4.5 Million Dollars
($4,500,000.00) compensating for all the CORONA-VIRUS (COVID-19)
VICTIMS WORLDWIDE, SCAM VICTIMS WORLDWIDE, Having reviewed thousands
of extortion/delayed payment, cases on all the UNPAID INHERITANCE,
LOTTERY WINNERS and CONTRACT BENEFICIARIES, CORONA-VIRUS PANDEMIC and
ECONOMIC CRISES ravaging the world and your email was found as one of
the VICTIMS by the American Security Leading team, World Health
Organization (W.H.O) and American representative officers, the
European Union (EU) in collaboration with the International Monetary
Fund (IMF), United Nations (UN), FBI and the World Bank, has joined
forces as Global Fund Recovery Management and Payment Bureau to tackle
the present CORONA-VIRUS PANDEMIC and ECONOMIC CRISES ravaging the
world, by compensating you as one of the selected verified
beneficiaries that is to enjoy a wonderful philanthropy gesture from
billionaires within Asia, America, Africa, Oceania and Europe.

Therefore from now onward you will be receiving the sum of $5000 per
day till you receive your total compensation fund of 4.5 Million
Dollars ($4,500,000.00). However, we inform you that we have already
sent the first $5000 this morning to avoid cancellation of your
payment, Remain the total sum of 4.5 Million Dollars ($4,500,000.00).
You have only six hours to reply to this office upon the receipt of
this Email, the maximum amount you will be receiving per day starting
from today is $5000 and the money transfer reference number of today’s
is below

HERE IS THE INFORMATION ABOUT YOUR FIRST PAYMENT

Track the MTCN track by visiting
https://www.westernunion.com/global-service/track-transfer

Money Transfer Control Number (M.T.C.N): #236-015-****

Sender First Name: Martin

Sender Last Name: Cole

Amount Sent= $5000 USD

NOTE; That your first $5000 is on hold because of the instruction from
the IMF office, they asked us to place it on hold by requesting the
Clean Bill Record Certificate to fulfill the entire necessary
obligation So that we will start sending you the payment through
Western union Office Money transfer, the necessary Obligation I mean
here is to obtain the Clean Bill Record Certificate from the Federal
High Court. We need the below details from you to enable us to place
the payment in your name and transfer the fund to you.

KINDLY FORWARD THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION FOR PAYMENT PROCESSING

1: Your Full Name: ----------------
2: Your Complete Home Address: ---------------
3. Your Country of Residence / Origin: -----------
4: Your WhatsApp Phone Number: ------------
5: Your date of birth (D.O.B): -------------
6: Your Occupation: ----------------
7: Sex / Gender: -----------------
8: Marital Status: ------------
9: Copy of Identification: ---------------

CONTACT

Name: MR. Martin I. Cole

Director, of the Compensation and Benefits Committee.

Western Union Headquaters, USA

E-mail: w.uofficer.hq40@gmail.com

NOTE: IF YOU FIND THIS MESSAGE IN YOUR SPAM FOLDER OR JUNK BY ERROR,
KINDLY OPEN AS SAME

WESTERN UNION MONEY
TRANSFER NOTIFICATION

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