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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: amed2@interfree.it
Reply-To: editor_2007@eyou.com
Date: 31 Aug 2007 02:27:12 -0000
Subject: Re: Again, Where are you


ATTENTION,

HOW ARE YOU TODAY, I WANT TO INFORM YOU OF YOUR FUND THAT HAVE BEEN IN THE WESTERN UNION FOR A LONG TIME, NOW I AM CONTACTING YOU NOW SO THAT I CAN SEND THIS MONEY TO YOU THROUGH WESTERN UNION MONEY TRANSFER. SO WHAT YOU ARE REQUESTED TO DO NOW IS TO PROVIDE ME WITH FIVE TO SEVEN NAMES ON WHICH I WILL SEND THE MONEY ACROSS TO YOU.
THE FUND ON THE WESTERN UNION MONEY TRANSFER IN YOUR NAME IS US$14.5MILLION SO I WILL SEND US$5000 ON EACH OF THE NAME YOU WILL SEND TO ME, THEN AS TIME GOES ON YOU WILL PROVIDE AN ACCOUNT WHERE THE BALANCE WILL BE TRANSFER INTO.
I AM HOPING TO HEAR FROM YOU AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. ATTACHED IS MY ID CARD AND THE RECEIPT OF THE WESTERN UNION FOR YOU TO KNOW WHO YOU ARE DEALING WITH.

BEST REGARD,
ALAHAJI ISMAILA AMED,
+233 242 780 446.

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