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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: Compensation fund <kesh.des02@gmail.com>
Reply-To: wes_union_transfer@deliveryman.com
Date: Wed, 30 Mar 2022 11:22:55 +0000
Subject: CONTACT WESTERN MONEY UNION OFFICE NOW FOR YOUR IMF COMPENSATION FUND

Dear Beneficiary
30/3/2022

I wish to inform you that the IMF has released your compensation fund
in value of $8.5 million US dollars issued to your name and the money
was deposited with the western union Office as MTCN credit card. You
will be receiving the fund daily and with a limit of $5000 per day
until the complete fund is paid to you in full ..Your first Payment of
$5000 usd is approved to send to you today, So kindly reconfirm your
receiver's name information to the Western Union office for the
approval of our fund payment of ($8.500`000`00USD) to be sign and
release to you immediately to you send the below information to them:
Note that your payment files will be returned to the IMF within 24
hours this is the instruction given to us by the IMF.We have sent out
your first payment $5,000 MTCN( 694-654-6073)

BELOW IS YOUR FIRST PAYMENT $5,OOO.OOUSD
Sender Name: Todd Marcos
MTCN: 694-654-6073
Question= What Color
Answer= White
Amount Sent: $5000 USD

Western Union Payment Details, you should conform your payment online
here: (https://www.westernunion.com/us/en/send-money/app/tracktransfe
Remember we need your full information as where we will be sending the
second payments $5000 to avoid wrong transfer such as,

Your Receiver" Name _______
Your Country:__________
Your Telephone: No_______
Your Address: _________
Scan Your Passport Id: ________
Contact our:Email:( wes_union_transfer@deliveryman.com)

Our Western Union Office will release your payment to you and the
maximum amount you receiving each day from today is $10,000 usd daily
until the funds complete transferred. Once we receive yourinformation.
The transfer will commence. The IMF is compensating all the scam
victims ($8.500`000`00USD) each, and your name was found in the scam
victim's list.

The Western union Director:
Name: Mr Hikmet Ersek
CALL WESTERN UNION +1(502) 563-1482

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