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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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• 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: Patterson Dc <pat_dc133@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Sat, 22 Jul 2006 00:07:07 +0100 (BST)
Subject: MORE DETAILS



Hello,
How do you do? Well, to be more specific, you
would be working as my payment representative in the
United States, I would be issuing out my funding's
over to you which you would then cash, then transfer
the cash over to me wherever I might be at that point
in time. This job is totally risk free and on the up
and up. You would enjoy the benefits of easy contact,
and low hours, you would only be working for me only
once you receive the money orders, since that'll be
when you would cash them, and send the cash over
through western union and you keep a commission base
of 8%.
If you are genuinely interested, I would be needing
the following information in the following format.
FULL NAME:__ __ __ __ __ __ __
ADDRESS(NOT PO BOX): __ __ __ __ __ __
PHONE NUMBER(S): __ __ __ __ __
AGE _ _ _ _ _
Apparently thats all I would be needing to issue and
send out the payments to you so Ill appreciate it if
you could provide me with that information so we could
commence further on this contract.
Patterson dc
Agricultural Research Institute of Northern Ireland
www.arini.ac.uk
Hillsborough, Ireland BT26 6DR
N.B
THE WESTERN UNION FEE WOULD BE DEDUCTED FROM MY MONEY OK






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