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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: "Wliiam joe" <lee@lees.com>
Reply-To: eu.controlcenter@hotmail.com
Date: Sat, 21 May 2022 17:24:25 +0100
Subject: RE: @WESTERN UNION

ATTENTION,

THIS MESSAGE IS FROM THE WESTERN UNION, TO THE OWNER OF THIS E-MAIL, HOW ARE YOU TODAY, I WRITE TO INFORM YOU THAT WE HAVE ALREADY SENT YOU USD5000.00 DOLLARS THROUGH WESTERN UNION AS WE HAVE BEEN GIVEN THE MANDATE TO TRANSFER YOUR FULL COMPENSATION PAYMENT TOTAL SUM OF US $2.5 MILLION UNITED STATE DOLLARS, VIA WESTERN UNION AS INSTRUCTED BY OUR GOVERNMENT.

I WAS CALLING YOUR TELEPHONE NUMBER TO GIVE YOU THE INFORMATION THROUGH PHONE BUT YOU DID NOT PICK UP MY CALLS THROUGH OUT THAT
YESTERDAY EVEN THIS MORNING. NOW I DECIDED TO EMAIL YOU THE MTCN AND SENDER'S NAME SO THAT YOU WILL PICK UP THIS USD5000.00 TO ENABLE US SEND ANOTHER PAYMENT TODAY AS YOU KNOW WE WILL BE SENDING YOU ONLY USD 5000.00 PER DAILY.

PLEASE RUN TO WESTERN UNION TO PICK UP THE USD5000.00 AND CALL ME BACK TO SEND YOU ANOTHER PAYMENT TODAY MANAGER MR. ADAM WILLIAMS EMAIL: ( ubitedbnforafricabodirector@hotmail.com ) CALL OR EMAIL ME ONCE YOU PICKED UP THIS USD5000.00. HERE IS THE WESTERN UNION INFORMATION TO PICK UP THE MONEY:


MONEY TRANSFER CONTROL NUMBER (M.T.C.N): 8794094063
SENDERS NAME... AGBOLA IZNH
SENDERS COUNTRY... LAGOS - NIGERIA
TEXT QUESTION.... YES
TEXT ANS............ YES
AMOUNT............ $5,000.00
MTCN........... 8794094063
TRACK TO TO SEE THAT YOUR PAYMENT IS THERE BEFORE SENDING THE $100
RIGHT NOW;;;; https://wumt.westernunion.com/asp/orderstatus.asp?country=global

I AM WAITING FOR YOUR CALL ONCE YOU PICK UP THE MONEY.

MEANWHILE YOU ARE REQUIRE TO SEND US THE TRANSFERRING FEE WHICH IS $100 US FOR THE WHOLE TRANSFER CHARGES, THAT WE HAVE ALREADY REMITTED TO YOUR NAME, SO WITHOUT THE TRANSFER FEE YOU CAN NOT PICK THE MONEY FOR IT'S ON HOLD AND THE MTCN CANNOT BE RELEASED TO YOU UNTIL YOU SEND THE TRANSFER FEE, THAT IS AN INSTRUCTION FROM THE FEDERAL MINISTRY OF FINANCE (FMF)PLEASE EMAIL ME YOUR DIRECT TELEPHONE NUMBER BECAUSE I NEED TO BE CALLING YOU ONCE WE SEND ANY PAYMENT FOR THESE INFORMATION'S. HERE IS THE INFORMATION THAT YOU WILL USE TO SEND THE TRANSFER CHARGE SO THAT YOUR FIRST PAYMENT WILL BE RELEASE TO YOU FOR ANOTHER TO BE SENT

RECEIVER: EKWEMMO JIDEFOR
ADDRESS: 11 AKIROMI STREET, OFF OJO ROAD, LAGOS
CITY: LAGOS
COUNTRY: NIGERIA
SENDER'S NAME:
AMOUNT;;;;;; $100

HERE IS THE E-MAIL ADDRESS YOU CAN CONTACT US AS SOON AS YOU MADE THE PAYMENT OF US$100:00 FOR THE TRANSFER OF YOUR FIRST PAYMENT ( wtnpacenter@qq.com ) WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO HEARING FROM YOU.

THANKS
ADAM WILLIAMS

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