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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: =?iso-8859-1?Q?Western_Union=AE__Payments?= <wu.transferdesk@w.cn>
Reply-To: wutransferdesk@w.cn
Date: Wed, 6 Apr 2011 10:52:27 +0100 (BST)
Subject: CONDUCT CODE ( 303)


   

WESTERN
UNION  HEAD OFFICE DEPARTMENT
REPUBLIC OF BENIN.
FOREGN CONTRACTOR PAYMENT
OFFICE
TELEPHONE +229-96846005
WEB SITE.www.westernunion.com 
http://site.www.westernunion.com/

 
 
GOOD DAY MY DEAR,
MAY ALMIGHTY FATHER BLESS YOU FOR ALL YOUR EFFORT AND PRAYER
CONCERN ME, I JUST RETURNED FROM HOSPITAL YESTERDAY MORNING. THOUGH I WAS NOT
TOO WELL BUT I HAVE TO REQUEST FOR DISCHARGE AS I KNOW THAT GOD ALMIGHTYT FATHER
WILL HEAL THE REST,
 
I AM PLEADING TO YOU IN THE NAME OF GOD BECAUSE IT
HAS BEEN A WHILE NOW THAT WE DID NOT COMMUNICATE, I HOPE THAT THINGS IS MOVING
NORMAL? HOWEVER I DECIDE TO WRITE YOU AND VERIFY IF YOU HAVE RAISE THE $85.00
WHICH I TOLD YOU TO PAY  BEFORE LEFT  TO HOSPITAL SO THAT WE CAN COMPLETE THE
ASSIGNMENT WE HAVE AT HAND.NOW TELL ME, HAVE YOU RAISED THE $85.00 IF YES PLEASE
SEND IT IMMEDIATELY SO THAT MY EFFORT WILL BEEN COMPLETED.
 
I TRIED TO
CALL YOU DURING MY STAY IN THE HOSPITAL BUT I CAN SEE THAT YOU PHONE IS HAVING
PROBLEM. PLEASE MAKE SURE YOU WILL SEND THE MONEY FOR THE TRANSFER CHARGE
BECAUSE YOUR PAYMENT IS ALREADY AVAILABLE TO PICK UP NOW TO YOU AND IT WILL
START BY TOMORROW MORNING ONCE YOU SEND THE TRANSFER CHARGE TODAY.
 
I
BELIEVE YOU KNOWS THAT THE NEEDED AMOUNT IS $185.00 BUT I ADVISE YOU TO SEND
ONLY $85.00 THEN RETURN BALANCE OF $100.00 AFTER YOU RECEIVE  FIRST PAYMENT OF
$1500.00 DOLLARS  BY TOMORROW BUT  PLEASE DON'T DELAY BY SENDING THIS $85.00
TODAY BECAUSE  WE ALREADY POST YOUR FIRST PAYMENT TODAY AND AS SOON AS WE
RECEIVE THE $85.00 FOR TRANSFER FEE  WE WILL RELEASE THE FULL INFORMATIONS FOR
YOU TO PICK UP $1500.00 BY TOMORROW MORNING BEFORE 11 AM OUR TIME FROM ANY
WESTERN UNION IN  YOUR COUNTRY WITHOUT ANY DELAY AND WE WILL ALSO GIVE  ANOTHER
PAYMENT BY  NEXT TOMORROW.
 
I SWEAR TO GOD ALMIGHT THAT $85.00 IS FOR
TRANSFER CHARGE AND ONLY MONEY THAT YOU HAVE TO SEND TILL YOU RECEIVE ALL YOUR
PAYMENTS BEFORE YOU CAN PAY THE REMAIN BALANCE OF $100.00 BUT DON'T DELAY BY
SEND THE $85.00 TODAY BECAUSE THE PAYMENT WILL START AS FROM TOMORROW  MORNING
BEFORE 11 AM OUR TIME ? SEND IT THROUGH WESTERN UNION WITH THIS INFORMATION
BELOW:
 
1. RECEIVER NAME=======YOUNG SOLOMON
2.
CITY/COUNTRY=======COTONOU_BENIN REPUBLIC.
3. QUESTION===========IN GOD
4.
ANSWER============WE TURST
5. AMOUNT============US$85.00
 
AS SOON AS YOU MAKE THE PAYMENTR PLEASE SEND AN EMAIL WITH THE
WESTERN UNION PAYMENT INFORMATIONS SO THAT WE CAN PICK UP THE MONEY IMMEDIATELY
AND GIVE YOU THE INFORMATIONS TO PICK UP YOUR $1500.00 IMMEDIATELY.
 
BE
REST ASSURED THAT $85.00 IS FOR TRANSFER FEE AND IS ONLY MONEY THAT YOU HAVE TO
PAY AS FOR NOW TILL YOU RECEIVE ALL THE PAYMENTS THEN YOU CAN RETURN THE REMAIN
BALANCE OF $100.000 OKAY SO GO AHEAD NOW TO MAKE THE PAYMENT IMMEDIATELY THROUGH
WESTERN UNION, AFTER SENDING THE $85.00 PLEASE GIVE US 2HOURS AHEAD TO YOUR
FIRST PAYMENT THROUGH WESTERN UNION OKAY.
THEN AFTER TRACING IT JUST GO AHEAD
AND SEND THE $85.00 IMMEDIATELY SO THAT WE CAN GIVE YOU THE REMAINGS
INFORMATIONS TO PICK UP YOUR $1500.00 WITHIN 2HOURS YOU SEND THE
MONEY.
 
I AM LOOKING FORWARD TO HEAR FROM YOU ONCE YOU RECEIVE THIS MAIL
WITH THE PAYMENT INFORMATIONS OKAY?

 
Further more, you need to send total sum of
$65,00,to use it for Transfer Charge your fund release MTCN,because,the Control
numbers information, which you would be using to picking all your fund has been
registered reference, If you calculate what we have putting in will know that
you have gone too far to quit, After the payment sum of $65,00 the last number
would release to you once you have made the payment.

MAY THE ALMIGHT  FATHER BLESS
YOU.

 
MR.JOHN   AFAM.
WESTERN UNION  HEAD OFFICE
DEPARTMENT

REPUBLIC OF BENIN.
FOREGN CONTRACTOR PAYMENT
OFFICE
THIS IS OUR CONDUCT CODE (
303)
 
 

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