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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: mondayjoe joe <mondayjoe1@yahoo.com>
Date: Sat, 21 Oct 2006 03:47:47 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: waiting for your urgent respond


>From The. General manager Western Union ’s.T/G.

GOODDAY DEAR .

I am Prof Monday Joseph the newly appointed General Supervisor of all the Western union Branch in Ghana Togo, Due to the past complains facing our Company about the Managers of various Western Union braches overhear holding some amount of funds and delaying people for not collecting their funds because of the huge amount involve in the systems of the branches.

I attach you a copy of our western union document for you to see and beleive this mail. because will have find out that some scammer as been useing the western union name to collect money from people in diffrent country.so please try to see this acttachment and understand it very well.

I am hereby giving the power to go and release all details information’s so that all funds can be release and claim without wasting time.

I promise that I will release all your funds under 62hrs if only you are ready to have the trust in me.

We are trying to build up our good name from the past that is why I am preceding to make sure that you can able to receive your funds and I will do every possible in my power giving to me our Head Office In the States and I must fulfill my obligation to carry out this exercise.

I personal finds out that your funds which is about $68,000 not been release, this funds are right hear just because of the selfish interests of most of our Managers in charge they do not want this funds to be release.

It is very necessary that you have to call me immediately you get my email this day.+233-246-685-245

Best Regards.

Prof Monday Joseph.



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