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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: wuuk wuuk <wuuk10009@hotmail.com>
Date: Sun, 19 Mar 2023 15:06:22 +0000
Subject: YOU HAVE WON,CONGRATULATIONS!


WINNING NUMBER: WUNT/0768/SA/2023

Dear Award Winner,

We Celebrate our 171st years Annual Anniversary 2023 of Western Union was founded in 1851; we rolled out over USD$260, 000, 000, 00 (Two hundred and Sixty Million United State Dollars) for our 171st Anniversary draws. All participants were selected through a computer ballot system drawn from 25,000,00 company email addresses, and 30,000,00 individual email addresses from over 40 networks from Australia, New Zealand, North America, South America, Europe, all Asia and Africa as part of international promotion held in the United Kingdom.

We officially Announce to you that your email address has just Won the sum of USD$920.000, 00 (Nine Hundred and twenty Thousand United State Dollars) to begin the verification process of your prize;



Your Winning award paying receiving office falls into Pretoria Western Union Regional Office South Africa. you should send the required information to the claim agent immediately.

The Claim Transferring Agent's Contact Details are as Follows:
Name: Massimiliano Alvi
Email: anniversaryofficewesternun@yandex.com

Telephone: +27-835932648

You should establish contact with the redeeming transferring manager via email or telephone with the particulars presented below for immediate payment to your bank account; please remember to quote your winning file number and your winning transferring identification code in your correspondence to him.

Fill the following information's
1. Bank Name:...................
2. Beneficiary:.....................
3. Account Number:..............
4. Bank Address:.....................
5. Swift Code or Routing Number:.............
6. Your Mobile Telephone Number:...........
7. Date of Birth:......................
8. Occupation:.........................
9. Country:..............................
10. Sex:..........................
11. Alternative email:..................

You will be contacted by western union transferring manager in the next 24 hours as soon as you forwarded your required bank account information to him for the transfer.
Save time, send money, earn rewards! Western Union is a service people trust.
YOUR WINNING TRANSFER IDENTIFICATION CODE (WUNT/0768/UK/2023).
© 2008-2023 WESTERN UNION MONEY TRANSFER, INC. All Rights Reserve.


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