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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:

• 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.

Fraud email example:

From: "harry john" <harryjohnstore@hotmail.com>
Date: Tue, 25 Oct 2005 00:33:03 +0000
Subject: URGENT ORDER......................

GOODDAY
MY NAME IS LARRY JOHN, A UNITED STATE OF AMERICAN CITIZEN AND, I
HAVE ONE STORE IN NIGERIA AND I LIKE TO ORDER GOODS FROM YOUR STORE OVER
THERE,AND MY PAYMENT WILL BE IN MONEY ORDER OR WESTERN UNION AND I WILL LIKE
TO SHIPPING
THROUGH DHL EXPRESS OR NACCO BETWEEN 3-5 DAYS TO NIGERIA,I WILL LIKE TO HEAR
FROM YOU IF YOU COULD SHIP DOWN THERE,AND ALSO GAVE ME YOUR WEB SITE SO CAN
BUY WHAT I NEED AND MADE THE PAYMENT LET ME THERE FROM YOU ASAP
BEST REGARD
JOHN.

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