419 scam: DR DAVID ROBERT <office---note0101@att.net> CONTACT THE WESTERN UNION MONEY TRANSFER LONDON UK HEAD OFFICE.

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"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam

The so-called "419" scam is a type of fraud dominated by criminals from Nigeria and other countries in Africa. Victims of the scam are promised a large amount of money, such as a lottery prize, inheritance, money sitting in some bank account, etc.

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.

Keep in mind that scammers DO NOT use their real names when defrauding people.
The criminals either abuse names of real people or companies or invent names or addresses.
Any real people or companies mentioned below have NO CONNECTION to the scammers!

Read more about such scams here or in our 419 FAQ. Use the Scam-O-Matic to verify suspect emails.

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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
This email uses a separate reply address that is different from the sender address. Spammers use this to get replies even when the original spam sending accounts have been shut down. Also, sometimes the sender addresses are legitimate looking but fake and only the reply address is actually an email account controlled by the scammers.
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "from the desk of" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- "western union" (this will cost you money - be careful with upfront payments to anyone you only know through email, especially if they promise you a lot of money. NEVER send money by Western Union or MoneyGram to people you do not know personally - NO EXCEPTIONS! Instant wire transfer services are not meant to be used with strangers because they offer no protection against fraud. That is precisely why the criminals want you send money that way. )
- "courier service" (Courier companies mentioned in 419 scams are always fake. They will have you send money to them, but won't deliver anything. )
- "courier company" (Courier companies mentioned in 419 scams are always fake. They will have you send money to them, but won't deliver anything. )
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.
- +447014233722 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)
- +447010039361 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)
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.
- wu.londonuk@hotmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: DR DAVID ROBERT <office---note0101@att.net>
Reply-To: wu.londonuk@hotmail.com
Date: Thu, 24 Mar 2011 07:39:22 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: CONTACT THE WESTERN UNION MONEY TRANSFER LONDON UK HEAD OFFICE.

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Send
Money Worldwide
SEND
MONEY WORLDWIDE
FROM THE DESK
OF WESTERN UNION REMITTANCE DEPT LONDON
UK
OUR REF:WUMT0XX2/987
TELEPHONE NUMBER;
+4470142337223
FAX
NUMBER: +4470100393611

GOOD
NEWS,

There
is an issue with the WESTERN UNION MONEY TRANSFER UNITED UNITED
KINGDOM in the amount of $2.5 Million 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 courier
services because there's many fake courier company and banks in africa so we
don't 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.

YOUR
FULL NAME:______________________________
YOUR FULL CONTACT
ADDRESS:___________________
MOBILE PHONE
NUMBER:__________________________
MARITAL
STATUS:________________________
DATE OF
BIRTH:________________________
OCCUPATION:
________________________
SEND
YOUR CONTACT INFO TO THIS EMAIL; wu.londonuk@hotmail.com

CONTACT
THE WESTERN
UNION MONEY TRANSFER WITH THIS E-MAIL wu.londonuk@hotmail.com Phone
number +447014233723 DIRECTOR NAME DR DAVID ROBERT.

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 will not receive your funds, but
note that this is not scam and is directly from the Management of Western Union
Money Transfer London Uk Head Office and our Motto is To Serve You Better. we
will be sending you $5.000.00 usd every day
because to transfer the sum of $2.5 million usd to your account
will cost you big money for the transferring Charges. that is why united nations
give us order to be sending you $5.000.00 usd every
day until the $2,5 million is completed,

CONTACT US ON
THIS
E-mail; wu.londonuk@hotmail.com
Phone number
+4470142337223
Fax Number:
+4470100393611
Director Name
DR DAVID ROBERT
COUNTRY LONDON UK UNITED
KINGDOM

note that you
will be receiving $5.000.00 for each transfer that's how we are going to pay
your $2.5 million usd. $5.000.00 usd per a
day.

THE
MANAGEMENT OF WESTERN UNION MONEY TRANSFER, LONDON UK HEAD OFFICE.

BEST
REGARDS,
DR
DAVID ROBERT SECRETARY
WESTERN UNION MONEY TRANSFER UK
202
Phone
number: +447014233723
Fax
Number:+447010039361
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