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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: FRANK OKEKE <tada_hongo_nov@air.ocn.ne.jp>
Reply-To: Mr FRANK OKEKE <western_union.onlinetransfer@yahoo.co.id>
Date: Fri, 12 Sep 2014 17:49:10 +0900 (JST)
Subject: WELCOME TO WESTERN UNION


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

REPUBLIC/ADDRESS 473 LEU, DE AKPAKPA ROAD COTONOU BENIN DU REPUBLIC.

WELCOME TO WESTERN UNION TEL: +229-68551199/


YOU HAVE BEEN AWARDED A SUM OF USD$4.500,000,00 BY THE WESTERN UNION 2014

BOARD AWARD GROUP, THIS AWARD WAS SELECTED THROUGH AUTOMATED INTERNET
SYSTEM DRAWN RANDOMLY ACROSS THE GLOBAL, WHERE YOUR E-MAIL ADDRESS
EMERGED AS THE LUCKY WINNER. PLEASE PROVIDE DR.ROBOT JOHNSON WITH THE
FOLLOWING DETAILS FOR YOUR CLAIMS. _


YOUR FULL NAME_________________ _


YOUR ADDRESS___________________ _


YOUR COUNTRY___________________ _


YOUR AGE_______________________ _


YOUR SEX_______________________ _


YOUR PHONE NUMBER_____________ _

YOUR OCCUPATION_________________


COMPLY NOW BECAUSE AS SOON AS YOU SENT YOUR REQUIRED DETAILS TO SIR

DR.ROBOT JOHNSON HE WILL START SENDING YOUR PAYMENT BY OUR WESTERN UNION
ONLINE TRANSFER, KNOW THAT YOU WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE TRANSFER
CHARGE.


WHICH IS THE SUM OF USD $89 DOLLARS ONLY FOR EACH TRANSFER OF $10,000.00

PER DAY. YOU WILL BE RECEIVING $5,000.00) TWICE PER DAY ONLY KNOW THAT IF

YOU ARE NOT ABLE TO SEND OUR TRANSFER CHARGES- YOU WILL BE INVITED TO THIS,


COUNTRY FOR THE CLAIM OF YOUR AWARDED PRIZE, KINDLY CONTACT THE BELOW

PERSON WHO IS IN POSITION TO RELEASE YOUR PAYMENT BY WESTERN UNION

PER$5,000 TWICE DAILY. DR.ROBOT JOHNSON DIRECTOR WESTERN UNION MINISTER

TRUST FUNDS BENIN REPUBLIC DEPARTMENT, MOBILE:+229-68551199,


E-MAIL(WESTERN_UNION.western_union.onlinetransfer@yahoo.co.id) PLEASE CHANGE YOUR EMAIL
PASSWORD BEFORE REPLYING TO THIS EMAIL FOR SECURITY REASON
CONGRATULATION FROM ALL OF OUR DEAR STAFFS, ONCE AGAIN CONTACT PERSON
DR.ROBOT JOHNSON E-MAIL;;;(WESTERN_UNION.western_union.onlinetransfer@yahoo.co.id)


PHONE::+229 68551199 BEST REGARDS DR.FRANK OKEKE

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