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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: "Fabio Bucci" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <buccifabio89@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 14 Jun 2021 16:46:15 +0200
Subject: Compensations !!!!

ATTN: E-mail Address Owner (Beneficiary),

This is to inform you that we (the Western Union ® Money Transfer Inc.) have concluded today in collaboration with the United Nations Compensation Commission (UNCC) and International Monetary Fund (IMF) to compensate all the scam victims and to achieve this some email users whose name and email address was found on the compiled and approved list to effect payments via Western Union ® Money Transfer in the amount of Five Thousand United States Dollars daily until your total compensation fund of Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars is completely disbursed / transferred to you within the shortest possible time.

To accomplish the above you should kindly reconfirm your full details such as follows :

Your Full Name:
Your Full Address:
Age:
Sex:
Nationality and scan copy of Identification :
Direct Telephone Number(s) :
You are advised to urgently get back to the under signed through the email below for more direction on how to be receiving your payment.

Regards,

Mrs Elena Fabio
For: Mr.Fabio Bucci
Email:buccifabio89@gmail.com
fabio.bucci@lawyer.com
External Money Transfer Department
Manager, Western Union Money Transfer
©2021 Western Union ®

Confidentiality Notice: The information contained in this message by Western Union ® Money Transfer may be privileged and confidential and protected from disclosure. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, or an employee or agent responsible for delivering this message to the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately by replying to this message and deleting it from your computer. Thank you. Western Union ® Money Transfer.



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