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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: "www.Western Union Office" <williamsharrison328@gmail.com>
Reply-To: westernuniono328@gmail.com
Date: Sun, 3 Apr 2022 00:01:07 +0100
Subject: (MTCN) :990-248-1830

WESTERN UNION MONEY TRANSFER BENIN REPUBLIC
Address: 12 Avenue Island streets, Cotonou, Benin Republic
Telex : 5211 BCE BENIN REPUBLIC.

Good Day!

This is in acknowledgement of your mail to this office regarding the
transfer of your fund.

We wish to inform you that we have sent you a payment of $5000.00usd
today according to the agreement we had with DR. Chris Gyther Jr of
the over due contract, inheritance, winnings and scam victim
compensation distribution department, under Federal Ministry of
Finance, Benin Republic, which indicates that we should be sending to
you daily payment of $5,000.00USD until your total sum of
US$1.700,000.00 is completely transferred to you.

Now do contact us on(westernuniono328@gmail.com) or WhatsApp on
+229-6065-2771 for any questions in case problems occur in picking up
your first payment from any western union in your city today.

(MTCN) :990-248-1830
Sender======== Benson Louis
Question: Who Is Great
Answer: God
Amount: $5000.00USD

Use below link to track Your MTCN Only to confirm your payment is
available for pick before proceeding to the nearby western union
https://www.westernunion.com/global-service/track-transfer?WUCountry=cn&WULanguage=en

Please fill this below information if you are having a problem in
catching up your first payment of $5000.00, so we can verify and solve
the problem immediately.

Your name:...
Address:..
Phone:....

Regards Mrs Blessing Falani.
Western Union Manager

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