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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: FOREIGN OPERATION MANAGER <aaaaa.@poppy.ocn.ne.jp>
Reply-To: FOREIGN OPERATION MANAGER <fundverification.dept@live.fr>
Date: Mon, 23 Jul 2018 01:00:28 +0900 (JST)
Subject: NOTIFICATION*NOTIFICATION*NOTIFICATION!!!

WELCOME TO WESTERN UNION MONEY TRANSFER.
THE WESTERN UNION OFFICE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA
FROM OFFICE OF THE WESTERN UNION MONEY TRANSFER.
FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA /ADDRESS A35 JUMP EXPRESS ROAD ABUJA.


NOTIFICATION*NOTIFICATION*NOTIFICATION!!!



Attention customer.

How is your health today, coupled with your work and family? Hope fine. I write to inform you that we have already sent you $5000.00 usd dollars through Western union as we have been given the mandate to transfer your full compensation payment total sum of $4.5Million USD, via western union by Federal Government of Nigeria

Hope you still remember that your compensation payment total sum of $4.5Million USD of is long over due in our vault and by our rules and regulations, we are not authorized to holds or keeps any fund here in our care for a long period of time, Order from above. Now, this office is still offering Our First and Last annual BONUS of the year which will end very soon to help our customers to receive their fund/money left in this office before entering to our new project for the year 2018.

We gives you a grace of two(3)days to send this needed fee of $95.Note; once we enter to our new project for the year 2018, your transaction will be cancel and your fund/money will be transfer to government account. Order from the authorities/IMF.

This is your another chance, Send this fee now and start receiving your funds same day without any delay. The require Fee is for re-newing and re-confirming of your payment file here for your immediate payment of $4.5Million as we have explained to you earlier. Even in bank sector, any dormant account must be re-activated before using it. Hope you understand this matter very well now.

This office gives you full guarantee/assurance that, once we confirm this require fee, your payment file will be re-newed and re-confirmed and your payment will start to be sending to you same day without any delay. Even the information, VALID (MTCN) of your first payment of $5,000.00 is here with me now, waiting to be sending to you immediately after your payment file is re-newed and re-confirmed here.

This is your payment information of your first payment of $5,000.00 with VALID MTCN, track it now and confirm yourself the status is available for pick up by the receiver. Kindly send this require fee as quickly as thru western union office or money gram agent and get back to us with the payment details after send this $95 asap

Do act fast now.

Track your first payment with western union website now; ( https://www.westernunion.com/global-service/track-transfer ) it is available for pick up by the receiver,

MTCN Number: 233-881-4879
Sender's First Name: ANI
Senders Second Name: SIMON
Senders Country: Abuja - Nigeria
Text question: When
Answer: 45 Minutes
Amount: $5000.00

Warning---Do not go for the fund yet, till your payment file is re-newed and re-confirm here as instructed. Or you makes yourself a THIEF before the western union office agent. You really knows that, western union office is the same everywhere and we have instructed them not to release this fund to you rather they tells you anything they like. Be warned.

(1) Contact Mr. Gary Nelson, first for more instruction/go ahead order before going to the western union office for picking up your fund. try to abide by these instructions to avoid any problem.
(2)Do not ask any question to any western union agent, We are here to answer your questions ok.
(3)Still keep this transaction/your MTCN Secret till you receive your total fund of $4.5Million Order from above.
(4)Call Mr. Gary Nelson with his direct phone number----(+234 7081427566)


This office will not care or talk to you, if you did not abide/keeps these instructions and enter any problem. Be warned


Conditions of sending your fund to you.

(1)Your fund will be sending to you $5,000.00 three(3)times per week till you receive the total fund of $4.5 Million
(2)Only you have the access in picking up your fund.
(3)You will be picking your fund from any western union office of your choice.
(4)Once you pick up your first payment another new picking up information will send to you till you receive the total fund.

Kindly send this needed fee as quickly as possible today to enable us to start sending your fund without any delay.

Get back to me now.

STOP DELAYING THIS FUND HERE.


NOTE;ONCE THIS NEEDED FEE IS RECEIVED HERE AS I TOLD YOU,THIS FUND WILL BE RELEASED FOR YOU TO START PICKING IT UP FROM ANY WESTERN UNION OFFICE NEAR YOU SAME DAY, $5,000.00 THREE(3)TIMES PER WEEK TILL YOU RECEIVE THE TOTAL FUND OF $4.5MILLION

Payment only by Cash.

My dear, bear in mind that he who looks into the future with the eyes of fear, will see nothing but failure. What you hear determines how you think, how you think determines how you behave and how you behave determines what you become. Our future is too good to be ignored.


CONTACT OUR PAYMENT OFFICE,
FOREIGN OPERATION MANAGER--- Mr Gary Nelson
Email--- fundverification.dept@live.fr
Phone number.. +234 7081427566

STOP DELAYING THIS FUND HERE.


Send this needed fee $95.00 now through WESTERN UNION OFFICE (OR) MONEY GRAM OFFICE with the information below:


RECEIVER NAME:...................... DEMIAN CHEDOM.
ADDRESS:......................................ABUJA-NIGERIA
TEXT QUESTION:........................HOW LONG
TEXT ANSWER:.......................TODAY
AMOUNT:...............................$95. 00 USD
MTCN NUMBER.........................
SENDER'S NAME..........................


WE ARE WAITING FOR YOUR URGENT RESPONSE TO ENABLE THIS OFFICE KNOW YOUR ARRANGEMENT FOR THE PAYMENT.

NOTE; DO RE-CONFIRMED YOUR FULL CONTACT INFORMATION WITH YOUR DIRECT PHONE NUMBER.


BEST REGARD,
FOREIGN OPERATION MANAGER
WESTERN UNION OFFICE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA.
EMAIL---fundverification.dept@live.fr
PHONE;(+234 7081427566)
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