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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 Mohamoud Hussein <wttome818@gmail.com>
Reply-To: unionwester669@gmail.com
Date: Thu, 18 Nov 2021 11:23:21 +0000
Subject: Re: ATTN: PAYMENT NOTIFICATION!

Our Ref : WUMT0XX2/987.

Dear beneficiary

There is an issue with the western union money transfer in the amount
of US$2.5 Million, at the owner of this email address. The united
nation and international monetary fund contacted us for the release of
your fund some couple of hour's ago, due to your allocated security
code they choose to transfer it to you through Western Union Money
Transfer but we are unable to complete a transfer directed at an email
address, so we require more information in order to complete this
transfer as listed below.

Full name:
Your postal address:
Telephone number:
Your scan copy of identity card:

Note: This is not one of those internet scammer's that all they do is
to collect payment from beneficiaries without sending them their fund,
we have map out a monitoring agent that will hold them responsible so
all you need to do right now is to send your full information to us,
It's directly from the Management of Western Union Money Transfer
Benin Republic Head Office and our Motto is to "serve your better". we
will be sending you US$5,000 per transfer because transferring the
total fund into your account will cost you more that is why they has
given us order to be sending it via western union.

Contact us on our
E-mail : westernunion.money@webname.com
contact:Mr Amor Mark on his email
address or WhatsApp him now :(+229)65973224

Finally, if you wishes to receive through Bank to Bank, the Western
Union contact person Mr Amor Mark will direct your to the standing
paying Bank for online or direct wire transfer, but mind you that Bank
to Bank will cost you more than Western Union Fees.

Thanks,
Mr Mohamoud Hussein

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