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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:
  • "transfer of your funds" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
  • "my direct line" (a "direct line" in a scam usually means an untraceable mobile phone number used by a scammer in an internet cafe, a redirection service number that forwards to a mobile or a free voicemailbox in a different country.)
• 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.
  • +22993892879 (Benin, probably a prepaid mobile phone)
• This email lists free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
  • western.union@siria.cc

Fraud email example:

From: Barr Fred Bajie <info.lierre@free.fr>
Reply-To: Western Union Payment center <western-union@24.com>
Date: Mon, 23 Feb 2009 23:20:39 +0100 (CET)
Subject: MONEYS SENT: CASH YOU PAYMENT BY WESTERN UNION


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Attn; Receipient,

Please Use code (GL-14160) to
forward this email to western.union@siria.cc)
Direct inquiry to Atten: Stiven James and ask for your personal information for
your email recipient of your MTCN $10,000
which has been transfer since yesterday Evenin, is unhold at this depaction for
your urgent pick up.

Also note that Western Union is not allowed to
make all payment at once via western union money transfer due to the way the
fund came to our headquarters and for security reasons, upon receipt of your
fees and your International Remittance File purchased, you are receiving a first
pay-out of $10,000 which is made into two halves to enable you
walk into any Western Union office of your choice and pick up your funds. Note
that the remaining fund/payment will be made install mentally in the following
order:

1. $10,000 made payable to you from the Western Union

2. $740,000 made payable to you via bank wire transfer from our designated
paying bank.

Upon receipt of the fee for the purchasing of
your international remittance file, you are receiving your first pay-out of $10,000.

According to the Section
636(1) of the LPN CAF of the 1999 constitution regarding a contract like you
will have to make the payment of the $100usd so as to enable the purchasing of
your inheritance file to prevent illegal transfer of your funds or any form of
hindrance.

Here are details of your money transfer of $10,000 made on your behalf but it has no
receiver's name yet until you remit the $100.00 to us before we
can purchase the inheritance file with your name and put your name as the
receiver below is the information you will use to send us the fee
$100.00 Via western union.

RECEIVER NAME IS
ARINZE OKAGBUE
COUNTRY IS REPUBLIC OF
BENIN
CITY IS COTONUO
TEXT QUESTION
IS TRANSFER CODE?
ANSWER IS
001

Then after you send the money you can send the payment
information to our email below. E-Mail:(western.union@siria.cc)
Direct
line:+229-93892879

As soon as we receive the payment of the
$100.00 we well put your name as the receive and you will go to
western union and pick the money.

PAYMENT DETAILS MADE FOR YOUR
CONFIRMATION!!!
Amount: $5,000 USD
MTCN:511-528-9891

Amount:$5,000
USD
MTCN:803-528-9831
Sender`s first name: Arinze
Sender's last name:
Okagbue



Note that within 72hrs if you do not remit the required
$100.00 which has already been made ($10,000)
It will be withdrawn back if not hear from you and it means that the
money datail given to you does not bear your name as the receiver until you meet
up. until you make the payment of the $100.00 to the above
western union

Get back to us with the payment information once you made
the payment E-Mail:(western.union@siria.cc))
you can call on my direct line if you have any question Ok.

Call for
confirmation receipt of this message on
:+229-983-777-38
Thank you for Western with us

Be guided
accordingly,
Barr Fred Bajie
Customer
service

















western-union@24.com
Western Union
Payments








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