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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 <tfdepartmentng@9.cn>
Reply-To: wu.union983@gmail.com
Date: Thu, 7 Apr 2011 02:30:41 +0900 (KST)
Subject: YOUR MTCN#: 920-196-1190


YOUR MTCN#: 920-196-1190

Attention:Beneficiary:

We discovered that some internet hackers (Fraudsters) are accessing our e-mail account and yours

trying to steal from both of us, so we have concluded to effect your payments through western union
Office and they have send you $5000 usd today and They will be sending $5,000. to you daily until
your $850.000.00 is completely transferred to you accordingly. You can only pay to them $77 usd so

as to enable the purchasing of your inheritance file to prevent illegal transfer of your funds or
any form of hindrance in receiving your funds.

they shall obtain the Tax clearance certificates and finalize the process of your daily transfer

and then authorize the appointed Western Union Office to effect your payments by tomorrow as soon
as you send the fee to them.Please fill in the transfer form attached to you and forward to Agent
incharge.

Mr.Mark John

E-mail: wu.union983@gmail.com     
Tel: (+229)98123964 Below is the information which you are to use to send the required fee through
Western Union or Money Gram any of the office that is closer to you.The Payment instructions.

Receiver name:.....Okechukwu Chibike
City:..............COTONOU
Country:.........BENIN REPUBLIC
Test Question:.......When
Test Answer:.........NOW
Amount:...........77.00 usd$

Then after you have send the fee to this information, you should send the payment informations to

them together with the transfer form giving to you. Immediately they purchase your payment files,
you will start receiving your payments daily as stated above. Here are details of your first
payment of $5.000 USD made on your behalf but it has no receiver's name yet until you remit the

$105 USD required to them before they can purchase the inheritance files with your name and put
your name as the receiver.

SENDERNAME===== UZOR OKOYE
SENDERCOUNTY=====BENIN REPUBLIC
TEST QUESTION====WHEN

ANSWER======NOW
MTCN=====#920-196-1190
Amount====$5000.00USD

Note that within 24hrs if you do not remit the required $77 USD the transfer will be retrieve back
and remember that the money details given to you does not bear your name as the receiver yet until

you make the payment of the $77USD so please call (+229)98123964 if you are having any problem in
picking the fund.

Very best regards,
MR MARK JOHN
Director Western Union
Benin Republic.
 



 

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