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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: "Kamala Harris" <kanyumee@parlzim.gov.zw>
Reply-To: officefile_0112@yahoo.co.jp
Date: Wed, 24 May 2023 06:02:45 -0700
Subject: M.T.C.N: 215-580-6983

WESTERN UNION MONEY TRANSFER.
CUSTOMER CARE: western_union323232@hotmail.com
TEL +1 (202) 919-9369.

ATTENTION: SIR/MADAM

AFTER WE RECEIVED YOUR INFORMATION, WE INSTANTLY TRANSFER THE FIRST
PAYMENT OF $5000 IN YOUR NAME. AND AS I WAS TRYING TO EMAIL YOU THE
INFORMATION YOU SHOULD USE TO PICK UP THE PAYMENT IN YOUR COUNTRY, I
THEN GOT AN ALERT FROM WESTERN UNION HEAD OFFICE HERE, THAT THE $5000
WE TRANSFERRED AND THE REMAINING OF( $2.800,000,00USD ) HAS BEEN ON
HOLD THROUGH OUR NETWORK BY THE HEAD OFFICE.
I ASKED THEM WHY THEY SAID THAT THE HOMELAND SECURITY COMPANY HERE IN
UNITED STATES REPORTED TO THEM THAT WE ARE TRANSFERRING SUCH AN AMOUNT OF
MONEY WITHOUT THE HOMELAND SECURITY CLEARANCE CERTIFICATE. SO, AFTER I
CUT OFF THE CONVERSATION WITH THE HEAD OFFICE, I CALLED THE HOMELAND
SECURITY COMPANY TO KNOW HOW THE CLEARANCE COULD BE OBTAINED FROM THEM
AND THE COST OF OBTAINING IT AND THEY SAID THAT IT WILL COST ONLY
US$100.00 IF YOU ARE READY TO RECEIVE THE REMITTANCE PAYMENT FROM WESTERN
UNION. YOU HAVE TO SEND THEM AN ITUNES GIFT CARD (US$100)

BELOW IS YOUR MTCN NUMBER YOU CAN TRACK IT WITH THE WEBSITE BELOW OR ABOVE.
Sender: Naif Abdulaziz ALKHAMASH
M.T.C.N: 215-580-6983
Text question: Yellow
Text Answer: Green
Amount: $5,000.00

WEBSITE; https://www.westernunion.com/web/global-service/track-transfer

THE MANAGEMENT OF THE WESTERN UNION MONEY TRANSFER OFFICE.DISPATCHED THIS
TODAY. PLEASE WE NEED TO RE-CONFIRM YOUR INFORMATION TO BE SURE WE ARE
DEALING WITH THE OWNER OF THIS EMAIL IS OK.

1. YOUR FULL NAME:……
2. YOUR ADDRESS:……..
3. YOUR COUNTRY:……..
5. YOUR AGE:…………
6. YOUR PHONE NO:…….

URGENT ACTION IS NEEDED AS SOON AS YOU RECEIVE THIS EMAIL. GET BACK
WITH THE REQUIRED INFORMATION. TEXT TO THE NUMBER HERE. +1 (202) 919-9369.

THANK YOU.
SINCERELY,
MR. MARK Maxwell.
EMAIL: (western_union323232@hotmail.com)
PHONE NO: +1 (202) 919-9369.

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