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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: Mr.Williams Hillary <info@shaw.ca>
Reply-To: williamshillary68@gmail.com
Date: 28 Jan 2019 14:41:54 +0200
Subject: WU/MG OFFICE

Dear Beneficiary,

After proper and several investigations and research at Western
Union and
Money Gram Office, we found your name in Western Union database
among those
that have sent money through Western Union/Moneygram and this
proves that you have
truly been swindled by those unscrupulous persons by sending
money to them
through Western Union/Money Gram in the course of getting one
fund,consignment box or the
other that is not real.

In this regard a meeting was held between the Board of Directors
of WESTERN
UNION, MONEYGRAM, the FBI alongside with the Ministry of Finance,
As a consequence
of our investigations it was agreed that you should be
compensated with the sum of
Two Hundred and Fifty Thousand United States Dollars (U.S.250,
000.00) for Christmas
and New Year. The United States Department of the Treasury has
set aside as compensation
payment for scam victims.

This case would be handled and supervised by the FBI. We have
submitted your
details to them so that your funds can be sent to you. Contact
the
WU/MG agent office through the information below:

Contact Person: Hillary Williams

Address:WU/MG Post Office,

Email: williamshillary68@gmail.com

Cell Phone:(740)-841-6751


Yours sincerely,
Agent Hillary Williams

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