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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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Fraud email example:

From: "MR. JIM ROBERT" <file.officee@yahoo.cn>
Reply-To: w.u.m.t.o@superposta.com
Date: Wed, 14 Nov 2012 11:53:15 +0800 (CST)
Subject: FROM WESTERN UNION DEPARTMENT.






























FROM OFFICE OF THE WESTERN UNION MONEY TRANSFER. 
COTONOU BENIN REPUBLIC/ADDRESS 455 AGBOKOU,ANKPA ROAD OPPOSITE TUNDE MOTORS
COTONOU. 

 

RE: RELEASING FILE OF YOUR FUNDS TO
YOU.
 
Good Day Dear Customer.

We received your compensation valued US$2.5millon from
Mr. Paul Wilson, the new manager of International monetary funds (IMF) office
Benin Republic he instructed us to send $5,000.00 to you daily until the full
amount of  (US $2.5millon) is completed. Further more do not contact anyone
again regarding fund transfer again because it doesn’t cost much to receive your
funds.
 
I wish to let you know that we the western union money transfer
office here in Benin republic are the one who withheld the payment information’s
sent to you.
 
After we have gone through your payment file, we discovered
that all the documents that back up this your funds (US $2.5millon)  in your
file needed to be re-newing and legalized to enable us to proceed and
dispatching of your payment information of $5,000 us dollars daily until the
full amount of  (US $2.5millon) is completed.
 
The amount it will cost
you for the re-newing and legalize the documents in your payment file is the sum
of $45.00 us dollars we want you to be rest assured that once we confirm the
required fee ($45.00) to renewing and legalized your file.
 
Your payment
will be release for the immediate daily pick up, we promised you that your fund
of $5,000.00 daily will be forwarding to you immediately and nothing will hold
it any more,
 
so go ahead and send the required fee $45.00  us dollars
meant for re-newing your file for payment today so that by next hour , you will
start receiving your $5,000.00 daily as agreed, below here are the information’s
you will use to send the $46.00 us dollars through western union money
transfer,
 
Receiver’s name:..... Anakwe
Ignatius.
Country:................Benin
Republic.
City:..................Cotonou.
Test question:..............What
color?.
Answer:...................Blue.
Amount:.................$45
.00.
MTCN number: ...........??
 
Note: the required fee of the
renewing and legalizing of the documents in your payment file and it can not be
deducted from your funds   (US $2.5millon) from our side for this is our mode of
operation or manipulation.
 
As soon as this office receive the renewing
fees as stated above. The complete information of your pick up will be release
to you.
 
This is in accordance to our country law, with section  
13(1)(n) of the national act as adopted in 2007 and amended on 21first mache
2011 by the constitutional assembly.
 
This is to protect customers’
funds.
 
Please don't forget to send the MTCN number to us immediately you
send the money and make sure that you send with this information to avoid
mistake ok.
 
REGARD 
MR, JIM ROBERT, THE CHAIRMAN OF

WESTERN UNION DEPARTMENT BENIN REPUBLIC.
CALL
+229-9879 0663






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