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"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam

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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.

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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  
• Western Union money transfer is completely untraceable and therefore is *not* safe to use with anyone you do not know personally. It is the preferred method of online criminals to collect money from their victims.

Fraud email example:

From: "UNION BANK" <lottopayment@unionbank-ng-plc.com>
Date: Fri, 07 Oct 2005 11:12:08 +0000
Subject: ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF CHANGES.

ATTN: ANDRENIA HENDERSON

THIS IS TO INFORM YOU THAT WE HAVE ACKNOWLEDGED THE DESIRED CHANGES. WE NOW THEREFORE AWAIT THE FOLLOWING:

1.  YOUR FULL BANKING INFORMATION AS FOLLOWS;

A.     YOUR BANK NAME AND ADDRESS
B.      YOUR BANK ACCOUNT NO.
C.      SWIFT CODE/ROUTING NO.

N.B:  ENSURE THAT THE ABOVE STATED INFORMATION IS CORRECTLY GIVEN AS THE BANK WILL NOT BE LIABLE FOR WRONG TRANSFER AS A RESULT OF WRONG ACCOUNT INFORMATION.

2.  THE FULL PAYMENT INFORMATION FROM THE WESTERN UNION      MONEY TRANSFER AS FOLLOWS;

A.  SENDER'S NAME
B.  LOCATION SENT FROM
C.  AMOUNT SENT
D. MTCN  ( TRACKING NUMBER
E.  TEXT QUESTION AND ANSWER  (AS YOU WERE GIVEN

THE BANK WILL EFFECT THE DESIRED CHANGES AND GET YOUR MONEY TRANSFERED TO YOUR NOMINATED BANK ACCOUNT AS SOON AS WE GET THE ABOVE LISTED INFORMATION.

YOURS FAITHFULLY
UNION BANK NIG. PLC

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