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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: courier delivery <courierdeliverydep@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Sat, 16 Dec 2006 13:18:35 +0000 (GMT)
Subject: URGENTLY ABERTINA


Dear Albertina
I got your email and it sound so sweet to my ear but I will only guarantee you this if you can take me for my ward because I am a man of my honor my ward is my honor.

Before you see the courier company asking for your urgent response it means that your winning prize has long over due for shipment to your country. Or that is required fro you now is to send to us your HOUSE ADDRESS/TELEPHONE NO/ FULL NAME? So that we will not make any wrong delivery to any wrong place.

That is while we are taking our time on this matter before delivery. Note that our delivery fee must be paid to us before the shipment will take place because by now your package is ready for delivery. So if we get the shipment fee by next week Monday immediately your money will live.

The amount for our delivery fee is just all about our customers, which is $550.only.
All payment must be made via western union money transfer to expedite mater urgently.
The name below is my accounting officers name you can use it and send the shipment fee.

Name. MIKE LEVINUS OBETTA.
Country; London England


Smith Moore

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