419 scam: "WESTERN UNION MONEY TRANSFER" <admin@jogjaprov.go.id> Award Notice From Western Union

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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:

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:
- "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. )
- "dear beneficiary," (this SPAM email was probably sent to thousands of people)
- "western.unionoutlet@msn.com" (this email address has been used in a known scam)
- "western.unionoutlet@msn.com" (this email address has been used in a known scam)
This email message is a fake lottery scam. Consider the following facts about real lotteries:
1. They don't notify winners by email.
2. You can't win without first buying a lottery ticket.
3. They don't randomly select email addresses to award prizes to.
4. They don't use free email accounts (Yahoo, Hotmail, etc) to communicate with you.
5. They don't tell you to call a mobile phone number.
6. They don't tell you to keep your winnings secret.
7. They will never ask a winner to pay any fees to receive a prize!
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.
- +447905981600

Fraud email example:

From: "WESTERN UNION MONEY TRANSFER" <admin@jogjaprov.go.id>
Reply-To: western.unionoutlet@msn.com
Date: Thu, 20 May 2010 19:03:36 +0800 (ULAT)
Subject: Award Notice From Western Union

WESTERN UNION MONEY TRANSFER
Welcome to Western Union Send Money Worldwide
ADDRESS: PLOT 1, SOUTHWARK BRIDGE,SE 19 HL UNITED KINGDOM.
FAX NUMBER: + 44-7905981600
REF NO: 250-153
E-mail: western.unionoutlet@msn.com

Dear Beneficiary, There is an issue with the Western Union Money Transfer
in the amount of Â£800,000,00GBP directed in cash because after our
verification and our online site promotion your name and address won the
high prize of the year so in that cause we award you as our winner of the
year because your details was the only one who truly won this prize and we
ask you not to disregard your winnings because after paying the sum of
275GBP to united kingdom as on transaction your marks top up to the
percent of 90 in our office and thereafter you make some transaction to
Nigeria with the sum of $75.22 USD that is where your e-mail and your
details won you the sum of Â£800,000,00GBP and it has been approve today so
in that cause we wish to announce it to you online and we also want you to
confirm your details properly before we can register with the paying and
transfer bank in order for them to make a wire transfer of this won prize
direct to your bank account.

Your email and your details won this prize not because of your payment but
because of our online promo this year and your details is the most details
who got up to 100% marks in our data-base so we request to confirm your
details before anything will commence and your credited file No Is KTU/
9023118308/03, on your name as your enlongated payment this payment
effected in a couple of hours ago due to your allocated security code.We
are happy to inform you you today via an email to re-confirm your complete
details so that we could forward to the transfer and paying bank here in
london so that they can make electronic wire transfer direct to your bank
account of your western union grant award,you are then required to confirm
your details once more because we do not want to be reliable for any
mistake.

Full Name :
Address :
Tel :
Country:
Sex:
Email:

We want to inform you that your payment(won prize) will be issue in a cash
not in any form and we would only send you the bank details upon
re-confirmation of your details and if any contact do not response to them
as you are awear that there any too many scam going on in the Internet as
we do not Opperate with any third part in this regard, please when calling
or emailing, please use reference number 250-153 for our mutual
convenience and we would also send you this number in Our next mail to
notify you properlly.

We are hoping to hear back from you as urgent to claim up your won
prize,once more we would like to say a very big thank for using Western
Union Money Transfer.

Do have a nice day and remain bless.

(CONTACT EVENTS MANAGER)
Best Regards
Mr.Mazar Rashard
Western UnionÂ® Welcome to Western Union Send Money Worldwide London
E-mail: western.unionoutlet@msn.com

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