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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:

• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "from the desk of" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "united state dollar" (this email uses bad English)
• 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.
• This email lists mobile phone numbers. Use of such numbers is typical for scams because they allow criminals to conceal their true location. They can receive calls in an Internet cafe from where they send you emails, while pretending to be in some office.
  • +22997020249 (Benin, probably a prepaid mobile phone)

Fraud email example:

From: (sent from abused email account)
Date: Thu, 23 Oct 2008 18:06:40 +0100
Subject: Western Union Payment


*Welcome to Western Union
Send Money Worldwide
DR. DAGOGO JACK
FROM THE DESK Of WESTERN UNION REMMITANCE DEPT
Our Ref : WUMT0XX2/987.
*
Dear: Beneficiary

GOOD NEWS.

There is an issue with the WESTERN UNION TRANSFER UNITED UNITED STATE
OFAMERICA in the amount of $1.5 million USD directed in cash credited to
file
KTU/9023118308/03, at the owner of this email address . The INTERNATIONAL
MONETARY FUND contacted us for the release of your money a couple of hours
ago
due to your allocated security code.

They said that they choose to send it to you through western union instead
of courrier services because there's many fake courrier company here so we
dont trust any of them. We are unable to complete a transfer directed at an
email address,so we require some more information in order to complete this
transfer.

FULL NAME:
FULL CONTACT ADDRESS.
MOBILE PHONE NUMBER:
MARITAL STATUS AND AGE:

CONTACT THE WESTERN UNION MONEY TRANSFER WITH THIS E-MAIL. *
westerntransferbj@live.fr* <westerntransferbj@live.fr>
Phone number + 229 97 02 02 49
Contact Person : Mr. Duke Mike

Note : That this is not one of those Nigerian/African scams that all they
are after is to ripe you off your money and at the end you wil not receive
your funds, but note that this is no scam and is directly from the
Management of Western Union Money Transfer benin Republic Head Office and
our Motto is To Serve You Better. we will be sending you $ 9,000 United
State Dollars every day because to transfer the total money to your account
will cost you big money for the transfering .

That is why united nations give us order to be sending you $9,000 United
State Dollars every day.

Contact us on our
E-mail : *westerntransferbj@live.fr* <westerntransferbj@live.fr>
<http://us.mc638.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=westuniontrans@live.fr>
Phone number : + 229 90 02 02 49
Director Name :Duke Mike

Also note that you would be receiveing $ 9,000 for each transfer that's how
we are going pay you your $1.5 million usd $9,000 United State Dollars per a
transfer.

*THE MANAGEMENT OF WESTERN UNION MONEY TRANSFER, BENIN HEAD OFFICE.
DISPATCHED THIS DAY
BEST REGARDS,
DR. DAGOGO JACK . (303)
Welcome to Western Union
Send Money Worldwide*
**
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