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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:

This email uses a separate reply address that is different from the sender address. Spammers use this to get replies even when the original spam sending accounts have been shut down. Also, sometimes the sender addresses are legitimate looking but fake and only the reply address is actually an email account controlled by the scammers.
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "from the desk of" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- "western union" (this will cost you money - be careful with upfront payments to anyone you only know through email, especially if they promise you a lot of money. NEVER send money by Western Union or MoneyGram to people you do not know personally - NO EXCEPTIONS! Instant wire transfer services are not meant to be used with strangers because they offer no protection against fraud. That is precisely why the criminals want you send money that way. )
- "mtcn" (this will cost you money - be careful with upfront payments to anyone you only know through email, especially if they promise you a lot of money. NEVER send money by Western Union or MoneyGram to people you do not know personally - NO EXCEPTIONS! Instant wire transfer services are not meant to be used with strangers because they offer no protection against fraud. That is precisely why the criminals want you send money that way. )
- "lagos" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
Western Union money transfer is completely untraceable and therefore is *not* safe to use with anyone you do not know personally. It is the preferred method of online criminals to collect money from their victims.
This email lists mobile phone numbers. Use of such numbers is typical for scams because they allow criminals to conceal their true location. They can receive calls in an Internet cafe from where they send you emails, while pretending to be in some office.
- +2348037246177 (Nigeria, prepaid mobile phone)

Fraud email example:

From: "Rev Hyacinth Eze" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <fundtransfer_unit2@yahoo.com.hk>
Date: Sun, 23 Dec 2001 16:09:25 +0100
Subject: 23/6/2010

FROM THE DESK OF Rev Hyacinth Eze
FORIGN OPERATION MANAGER
WESTERN UNION OFFICE,
LAGOS, NIEGRIA
TEL : +234-803-724-6177.

The UNITED NATIONS in Affiliation with WORLD BANK have agreed to compensate you with the sum of USD$850,000.00(Eight hundred and fifty thousand dollars), for self support. This is regarding the draws he organized before he left the office to help individuals to own a self charity organization also for you to build your Personal Company/organization so as to help the less privileged in the society.

This includes every foreign contractors that may have not received their contract, inheritance sum, and people that have had an unfinished transaction or international businesses that failed due to Government problems and the World financial Crisis , we also extend this compensation exercise to victims of Hurricane,earthquake,War displaced and Aged. We found your name in the list of those who are to benefit from these compensation exercise and that is why we are contacting you, this have been agreed upon and have been signed,And had deposited your said fund with us to wire to you on the agreement that you can only send us only transfer charges of $165(One hundred and sixty five dollars)only per transfer we made to you.So you will be paid installmentally the sum of USD$5000.00(Five thousand dollars) every day until your compensation fund of USD$850,000.00(Eight hundred and fifty thousand dollars) will be paid fully.

In this regards i just wired your first payment of USD$5000.00(Five thousand dollars) by western union money transfer.

PAYMENT DETAILS MADE FOR YOUR CONFIRMATION!!!

SENDER'S FIRST NAME: HYACINTH
SENDER'S LAST NAME: EZE
MTCN: 1831921985
AMOUNT: USD$5000.00.

You are advised to track your payment online via our(Western Union) website below:

www.westernunion.com and click on the tracking icon to see the result that your money is available for pick up by you.

NOTE: That you will not be able to pick up fund at the western Union agent office in your country incase you try to out smart us,Because i wired your first payment of USD$5000.00(Five thousand dollars) with text question and answer which i will have to give to you as soon as i receive the transfer charges of $165(One hundred and sixty five dollars)only from you. Once the payment of $165(One hundred and sixty five dollars)only has been made by you then you will be giving the text question and answer to enable you pick up your fund of USD$5000.00(Five thousand dollars).

You can effect the Transfer chagres with my secretary's info below as thus:

Receivers name: Emmanuel James
Location: Lagos,Nigeria
Text question: What color
Answer: Blue
Amount: $165
Once the payment of $165(One hundred and sixty five dollars)only has been made by you then email us the MTCN # so that i will forward to you the Text question and Answer i used to wire your first payment of USD$5000.00(Five thousand dollars) so that you will pick up your first payment in a min.

Call me on my direct phone number +234-803-724-6177. immediately you receive this message or betterstill after you must've made the payment of transfer charges.

Get back to us asap.

Best Regards,
Rev Hyacinth Eze
Phone: +234-803-724-6177..

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