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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: Dr Tony Robinson <wrayochristopher@gmail.com>
Reply-To: nelsonfrank038@gmail.com
Date: Fri, 11 Feb 2022 13:09:51 +0100
Subject: Western Union

--
This is to inform you that we have already sent you $5,000.00 USD
through for all the scam victims as we have been mandated by United
Nations and ECOWAS which are supporting individual due to the
worldwide economy meltdown, to transfer to you the full compensation
sum payment of $1,150,000.00 via western union by this government.
In this regards, We decided to email the Relevant details for you to
be able to pick up this $5,000.00 USD to enable us send another
$5,000.00 USD by Today Or/ tomorrow as you know we will be sending you
only $5,000.00 USD per day. You can track at
https://wumt.westernunion.com/asp/orderstatus.asp?country=global
before going to pick it up.
email the above details once you picked up this $5,000.00 USD
Here is the western union information to pick up the compensation
Sender’s name: Christopher A. Wray
Amount Sent $5,000
Mtcn# 3665108768
Text Question: When
Text Answer: Now
For re-confirmation of your details fill in the form below,
(1)Your Full Name=============
(2)Mobile Phone Number======
(3)Current Home Address========
(4)Country====================
(5)City======================
Regards
DR Nelson FRANK
Western Union Agent Announcer
XMA Header Image :
email: nelsonfrank038@gmail.com
Domestic & International Money Transfer | Western Union US
wumt.westernunion.com

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