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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: ANU JOY <anu_joy000@yahoo.co.in>
Reply-To: anu_joy001@ummah.org
Date: Fri, 4 Aug 2006 19:06:48 +0100 (BST)
Subject: Infrmation from lawyer


Dear Pastor Robert Ised,

Greetings.How are you hope all is well.May the peace of God Almighty rest upon you.

The lawyer came to visit me in the hospital one hour ago and he told me that he want to step down he can not understan what is going on.He said that you told him that you have made the payment through western union but western union center refused to release the information and they are asking questions he can not understand.

I told him to get back to you and give you account so that you can paid the money to him through account.This will be better and easy.

Pastor please when he comes to you,try to listten to him and treat him normal.

Remain Bless,

Yours Sister,

Mrs.Joy Anu


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