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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: "Mr. Robert Smith" <mrmattcomyn01@gmail.com>
Reply-To: mrrobertsmith22@yahoo.com
Date: Tue, 28 Jun 2022 05:12:43 -0700
Subject: Hello Beneficiary

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Available Money To Pick Up,

This is to notify you that we have already sent you US$5,000.00
Through Western union as we have been given the mandate by IMF
Organization to transfer your part compensation payment of $7.5
MILLION USD via western union.

I sent an E-mail to you yesterday for the Western Union payment
Details but the message returns back I don't really know what
happened.

However, I tried again to re-send the e-mail to you with all the
payment details to pick up the money from any Western Union outlet,

Please note: we will be sending only $10,000 USD per day till we
complete the total of $7.5 MILLION USD to you.

Here is the western union detail to receive the $5,000 that was sent.
To confirm your MTCN visit Western Union Website on
https://www.westernunion.com/global-service/track-transfer

MTCN Number: # 2801693322
Sender First Name: Don
Sender Last Name: John
Amount Sent= $5000 usd

Note: I have been Officially Assigned to facilitate this Transaction,
I hereby advise you to fellow my instruction to enable us complete
your Compensation Funds Transfer Successfully.
Email me your phone number in other to call or text you once we send
any money to you.

Thanks & Regards
Mr. Robert Smith
Chief Executive and Western Union Accounting Officer
E-mail:(mrrobertsmith22@yahoo.com)

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