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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: Mark meadows1959 <markmeadows1959@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 11 Apr 2022 08:33:54 +0300
Subject: Dear Beneficiary.

Congratulations dear winner!!

My name is Mark Meadows, I am contacting you because your daily payment of
Five thousand, five hundred dollars ($5,500 U.S.A)
(M.T.C.N 3216942293) is ready from your Covid -19 palliative Winning
funds worth a total amount of Two million, six hundred thousand dollars
($2.6 Million usd)
the money is a Compensation Aid Fund from the UNITED NATION {UN} and
you are among the 10 lucky winners that will receive the Amount
through western union,
you will be receiving twice daily payment of Five thousand, five
hundred dollars ($5,500,)

The selection process was carried out through random selection in our
computerized email selection system (ESS) from a database of over
250,000 email addresses drawn from all the continents of the world
which you were selected for.
The email addresses were assigned to different (MTCN) numbers for
representation and privacy.
Therefore you need to provide the necessary information needed to make
the payments, with a transfer charges fee of five hundred and fifty
dollars only ($550)

The Western Union International Company is an American worldwide
financial services and communications ... Headquarters, Denver,
Colorado, United States.

kindly, Reply back with your current accurate mailing address to the
email provided below for Confirmations and to enable your money being
sent to you via those information within 24 hours the transfer charges
a fee of $550 is made.



Name;
Country;
Address;
Age
Sex;
Occupation;
Direct phone number;
Your valid ID card;
Your (M.T.C.N as received 3216942293)

Do get in touch with me once you have received this email by clicking
reply with your details too.

For more enquiries..
Text customer care dept.
Mr. Mark Meadows



Sincerely,
Mr. Mark Meadows
Customer Care Head of Disbursements
Western Union International
markmeadows1959@gmail.com

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