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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:
  • "dear sir/madam" (a standard Nigerian greeting phrase)
• 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.
  • +2347057800831

Fraud email example:

From: (sent from abused email account)
Date: Sat, 08 Nov 2008 12:07:40 +0100
Subject: (No subject header)




Western Union®
Dear Sir/Madam,
There is an issue with the WESTERN UNION MONEY TRANSFER WEST
AFRICA in the amount of $350.000.00 USD directed in cash
credited to file KTU/9023118308/03, at the owner of this
email address.
The INTERNATIONALMONETARY FUND contacted us for your
compensation a coupleof hours ago due to your allocated
security code.They said that they choose to send it to an
email address instead of a name. We are unable to complete a
transfer directed at an email address,so we require some
more informationin order to complete this transfer.
Secondly, Provide us with the information below our via
email:File REF NO:
CML/74-A0802742008
Full Name:...................
Full Address:................
Age:.........................
Country Of Residence:........
Cel Phone Number:............
In order to resolve this problem, Please email via to
Western Union Solicitors Fund Verification
Department:(admin@wumtwesternunion.co.cc) As soon as this
information is received,and you have complied with the
requirements of payment of the western union charges $400
which you must pay for the IMF International Monetary Fund
before your fund can
be transfered. Note: That this is not one of those
Nigerian/African scams that all they are after is to rip you
off your money and at the end you willnot receive your
funds, but note that this is no scam and is directly from
the Management.
Sefcsich Gy rgy
Information Desk
Personal Direct line: +2347057800831 Please for questions
only.
Please Do visit our affliated site
http://www.westernunion.co.uk
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