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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:

• An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
• 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 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.
  • westernunionmoneytransfer0000@yahoo.com.hk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: (sent from abused email account)
Date: Thu, 13 Nov 2008 14:27:34 +0100
Subject: CONTACT WESTERN UNION MONEY TRANSFER FOR YOUR FUND


ATTN; BENEFICIARY,

WE ARE INSTRUCTED TO SEND YOUR FUND TO YOUR ADDRESS IN YOUR CITY .FROM THE FINACIAL DEPARTMENT HERE IN BENIN REPUBLIC YOU WILL BE RECEIVING YOUR FUND ($7500.U.S.D) PER A DAY AND YOU WILL RECEIVE THE TOTAL SUM OF $850.000.00 WITHIN THREE WEEKS.

YOU ARE REQUIRE TO SEND US OUR TRANSFER CHARGES THE SUM OF $100 USD FOR THE $7500 THAT WILL BE SEND TO YOU ON MONDAY MORNING NEXT WEEK SEND THE $100 USD TO US IMMEDIATELY TODAY FOR FASTER SENDING OF YOUR FUND BY MONDAY MORNING AND AFTER THE MONEY HAS BEEN SENT TO YOU WE WILL MAIL YOU.THIS IS OUR MAIL TO CONTACT THE WESTERN UNION TRANSFER BENIN REP.E-MAIL ADDRESS (westernunionmoneytransfer0000@yahoo.com.hk)
THE PAYMENT INFORMATIONS FOR EASY PICK UP OK.

BEST REGARDS MR.MIKE OKOYE
FORIGN OPERATION MANAGER
WESTERN UNION OFFICE BENIN REPUBLIC

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