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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 <westernunion123276@yahoo.com.ph>
Date: Sun, 9 Oct 2011 23:09:23 +0800 (SGT)
Subject: ATTENTION:BENEFICIARY,YOUR PAYMENT MTCN:5600503306.


ATTENTION:BENEFICIARY,




WE ARE INSTRUCTED TO SEND YOUR
FUND TO YOUR ADDRESS IN YOUR CITY FROM THE FINACIAL DEPARTMENT HERE IN BENIN
REPUBLIC BY THE GOVERNMENT OF BENIN STATING THAT THE FUND IS YOUR INHERITANCE
MONEY.YOU WILL BE RECEIVING YOUR FUND ( $5,000 U.S.D ) PER DAY STARTING FROM
TOMORROW AND YOU WILL RECEIVE THE TOTAL SUM OF ($USD850.000.00) THROUGH OUR
OFFICE  WESTERN UNION DEPARTMENT WITHOUT ANY HITCH.

I WANT TO USE THIS OPPORTUNITY
TO INFORM YOU THAT GOVERNMENT IS PLANING TO CANCELL YOUR WINNER FUNDS AND
TRANSFER IT INTO BENIN GOVERNMENT TRANSPARENCY ACCOUNTS DUE TO THE FACT THAT YOU
HAVE FAILED TO CONTACT US WITH OUR REQUEST AND CLAIM YOUR FUND WITHOUT ANY HITCH
OR DELAY.

YOU ARE REQUIRE TO SEND THE
SUM OF $185.00 USD BEEN FULL PAYMENT FOR THE TRANSFER ACTIVATION FEE, TO ENABLE
US RECONFIRM YOUR PAYMENT FILE FROM THE DESK OF THE FEDERAL MINISTRY OF FINANCE
BENIN AND YOU WILL BE ABLE TO RECEIVE YOUR FUND WITHOUT ANY HITCH WE ARE NOT
LIBERTY TO DEDUCT THE FUND SINCE YOUR FUND IS IN ESCROW SUSPEND ACCOUNT,
MEANWHILE SEND THE $185 USD TO US IMMEDIATELY SO THAT YOU CAN BE ABLE TO PICK UP
YOUR FIRST PAYMENT FREELY FROM ANY OF OUR CORRESPONDENT WESTERN UNION OFFICE IN
YOUR STATE WITH THE INFORMATION BELOW.
 
THE MONEY HAVE BEEN TRANSFERED
CORRECTLY TO YOUR ADDRESS WE WILL MAIL YOU THE PAYMENT INFORMATIONS YOU NEED TO
PICK UP YOUR MONEY IN ANY WESTERN UNION ARROUND YOU CORRECTLY BUT YOU CAN NOT BE
ABLE TO PICK THE FUND UNTIL YOUR PAYMENT FILE IS BEEN RECONFIRMED BY THE
GOVERNMENT OF BENIN AFTER YOU HAVE PAID THE REQUIRED $185
USD.

WHY WE NEED YOU TO SEND US THE
$185USD USD IS THAT WE TRIED TO DEDUCT THE FEE OUT FROM YOUR FUND BUT THE
MINISTER ADMINISTRATOR TRUST FUND OF BENIN REPUBLIC TOLD US THAT NO ONE HAS
RIGHT OVER YOUR FUND AS IT HAVE BEEN SIGNED AND STAMPED THAT NO MONEY SHOULD BE
DEDUCTED UNTIL IT GETS TO YOUR HANDS FOR SECURITY
PURPOSE.

SO IF YOU WANT TO TRACK THE MONEY AND
CONFIRM IF THE FUNDS IS TRANSFERED ENTER OUR WEBSITE WWW.WESTERNUNION.COM THEN CLICK TRACKING AND ENTER THE MTCN
NUMBER…5600503306ENTER SENDERS
FIRST NAME…PAUL,... ENTER SENDERS LAST
NAME.CHIOZIE
AND CLICK TRACKING AND IT WILL
SHOW YOU THAT YOUR FUNDS IS AVAILABLE FOR YOU TO PICK IT
UP.

BELOW IS THE
PAYMENT INFORMATION OF YOUR FIRST PAYMENT.
MTCN:..................5600503306

Sender'sName:..........PAUL CHIOZIE

AMOUNT;..........$5000.00
QUESTION:IN GOD
ANSWER:WE
TRUST



HTTP://WWW.WESTERNUNION.COM/INFO/SELECTCOUNTRY.ASP
FINALY URGENT IN
SENDING US THE $185 USD TO ENABLE US PROCEED ON RECONFIRM YOUR PAYMENT FILE FROM
THE OFFICE INCHARGE .SEND THE FEE DIRECTLY WITH MY NAME AS OUTLINE BELOW USE IT
TO SEND THE MONEY VIA WESTERN UNION TO ENABLE US PICK IT FROM OUR DEPARTMENT
HERE AND RECONFIRM YOUR PAYMENT FILE APPROVAL FROM THE FEDERAL MINISTRY OF
FINANCE AND COMMERCE YOUR DAILY PAYMENT IMMEDIATELY.

Here the
information 
RECEIVER NAME:................IGBANUGO LAWRENCE




COUNTRY:..........................BENIN
REPUBLIC
CITY:................................COTONOU
TEXT
QUESTION:.................TO
WHOM
ANSWER:..........................LAWRENCE




 AMOUNT:.........................$185,00,USD
I AM WAITING TO RECEIVE
THE $185.00USD WESTERN UNION PAYMENT INFORMATION ON YOUR NEXT URGENT RESPOND
SUCH AS
SENDER'S NAME...........................
MTCN
NUMBER..............................





YOUR URGENT RESPOND IS HIGHLY
NEEDED .WAITING TO HEAR FROM YOU AS SOON AS YOU RECEIVE THIS MESSAGE TO QUICKEN
THE PROCESS. CONTACT OUR PAYMENT CENTRE WITH YOUR INFORMATION AND THE REQUESTED
FEE

YOURS IN
SERVICES



MR WILLIAMS
 JOHNOSN,
MR IGBANUGO LAWRENCE
CALL ME ON MY DIRECT LINE ONCE
YOU SEND THE $185.00 TODAY  TEL
+229-98952802.WESTERN UNION
BENIN



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