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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: "Wesley Peters" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <westernunoffice4@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 11 Sep 2017 03:09:48 -0800
Subject: Attention Dear SCAM VICTIMS

Attention Dear,

Welcome to Western Union Head Office and This is to inform you that International Monetary Fund IMF is compensating all the scam victims $2.700.000.00 USD here in Nigeria (Two Million Seven Hundred Thousand Dollar Only each, and your email address was found in the scam victim's list)



This Western Union head office has been mandated by the International Monetary Fund IMF Director to transfer your compensation fund to you via Western Union Transfer Daily. We the western union office here stated that you will be receiving your fund $2.700.000.00 at the maximum of $5,000.00 daily till the whole fund of $2.700.000.00 is completely transfer to you. We have sent out your first payment $5,000 MTCN#_ 8860-3341-09# but it placed on hold
because your payment is not yet activated.

BELOW IS YOUR FIRST PAYMENT $5,OOO.OOUSD but still on hold

MTCN#________________________ 8860-3341-09#
Sender’s First Name:-------Wesley
Sender’s Last Name:------Peters
Sender’s Location:------- Lagos Nigeria
Amount sent:------- $5000

Remember we need your full information as where we will be sending the second payments $5000 to avoid wrong transfer such as,

Your Full Name:............................
Your Home Address:......................
....
Your Country/ City: .............................
Your Age:....................................
Your Sex:........................................
Your Direct Phone Number:..........................
Your ID copy:............................

Note that you are not expected to pay for transfer charges all the fee has been paid by International Monetary Fund the depositor. The only fee you will send before you will start picking up your daily payment of $5,000.00 as it was sign is only $98.00 for the activation of your western union
payment transfer files.

Note that your payment files will be returned to the I.M.F within 72 hours if we did not hear from you, this was the instruction given to us by
the IMF.

Contact us Below: westernunoffice4@gmail.com

Call me now +2348100085199

Thanks,

Wesley Peters
The Western Union Director Nigeria
Call me now +2348100085199
Urgent Contact us now:westernunoffice4@gmail.com

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