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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 Terry Edom <wutransfer@sepia.ocn.ne.jp>
Reply-To: Mr Terry Edom <westernunion882299@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 20 Mar 2019 18:24:45 +0900 (JST)
Subject: ATTENTION DEAR BENEFICIARY,

This is to inform you that we have sent your first payment of
$5,000.00 (Five Thousand dollars) through western union as we
are mandated to transfer full lottery funds of $23.5 million usd
via western union by the United Nations. I have been trying to reach you
so that i can give you the information through phone but it is not reachable
even this morning. so i was instructed email you the payment information which
include money transfer control number(MTCN) so that you can pick up your payment of
$5,000.00 and to enable us send another payment of $5,000.00 tomorrow as you know that
we shall be sending you $5,000.00 per day. Please get back to us for the release of your first
payment information and go to any western union outlet closer to receive this payment of $5,000.00.

Sender First Name:Terry Edom
Sender Second Name: Edom
Reference MTCN: The MTCN number will be release to you once you reconfirm your receiver info to pick up your first payment.
Amount Sent: $5000

Get back to this office as soon as you have received your first payment for the release of your second payment and you can also
track the reference number online once you receive it by log in to (https://www.westernunion.com/global-service/tracktransfersuccess)
before you go to any western union store closer to you.

Fill The Form Below and Send back to us

1. Name:____________________
2. Address:__________________
3. Country:___________________
4. Phone Number:_____________
5. Occupation:________________
6. Sex:_________________
7. Age:___________________

Sincerely,
Regard
Terry Edom
Western union InternationalTransfer.

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