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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 Agent Peculier S.KIKI" <billefisher@sbcglobal.net>
Reply-To: www.westernunion7@gmail.com
Date: Fri, 24 Dec 2010 06:15:06 -0800 (PST)
Subject: YOUR IMMEDIATE RESPONSE IS HIGHLY NEEDED VIA WESTERN UNION



        SEND MONEY WORLDWIDE:      OFFICE OF THE WESTERN UNION
MONEY TRANSFER. COTONOU

Website/ www.westernunion.com



ATTN/DEAR CUSTOMERS,

This is to notify all our customers about the latest
development for this christmas season concerning all the abandon payments in our
custody,which yours are inclusive Besides, your where given a bill of $173.00,in
order to receive your payment of which we didn’t hear from you for sometime
now......
 
Hence, our Western Union  is now offering a Special
BONUS to help all our customers to receive their payment which has been in our
custody due to the obligation given to them to fufill. In order words we are now
requesting that those involve should pay only the sum of $49. 00 to enable them
to receive their payment freely.

Your total fund $1.5million US Dollars
will be send to you completely comply with the instruction given to you mark
this word. as soon as you send the required fee for the endorsement of your file
and Reconfirm your info. We assure you that we shall give you the full
information which you will use to pick up the payment within next 45 Minutes to
the nearest Western Union in your city as you go nothing it is free from hitches
and available to pick up  nothing will hold  it any more.
 
We are giving you
another hope and opportunity to claim your payment Besides, this opportunity is
as a result of the Christmas special bonus offered to all the Western Union
customers who are unable to receive their payment as a result of the obligation
given to them to receive their payment, So you are advice to comply and your
first payment of $6,500.00 dollars will be release to you for immediate pick
up.
 
Bear in mind that if you fail to comply after (2 DAYS)
then your payment will be confisicated and chanel into government treasurer
account and I hope you know what that mean? to avoid confisication of your
payment you have to try everything within your reach to see that you come up
with the required amount before the given date expire because this year is not
like last year.
 
Again after (TWO  DAYS ) We will enter A new project 
for the next year  and that is the reason why we decided to notify all  our
customers before we enter into the new project for the year 2011.
 
So you are advise to
send the $49.00 immediately so that your payment file will be endorse and you
will start receiving $6,500 as from tomorrow.

Be advise that there is no time again for we to call
any person on phone unless you will call +229-9914-4630
E-mail
(www.westernunion7@gmail.com)
 
After the payment of $46.00 you will start receiving
your money every  day $6,500 through Western Union
 
Send the money through
Western Union Money Transfer with the information below,
 
Receiver's
name......... Chika Sam
Receiver's Country........Benin Republic.
Text
Question..............In God
Text Answer.................We Trust.
Amount
Required..............$49.00 US dollars
Mtcn.....

It is very important that you made the fee available
today to this office for immediately endorsement of your file and Reconfirm your
heritance payment file so that the full information will be release to you so as
to enable you pick up the $6,500 .U.S.D immediately from any western union
office in your country,

The moment we receive
the payment of $49 we will release the first payment information of $6,500 to
you and you will pick up the money and your second payment follows immediately.


Hoping to hear from you.
    
 MERRY CHRISTMAS AND
HAPPY NEW YEAR IN ADVANCE

                          
WESTERN UNION  CUSTOMER

                          CARE  AGENT MARY
KIKI









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