419 scam: "aldudu dawa2006" <aldududawa2006@hotmail.com> send it through 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 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: "aldudu dawa2006" <aldududawa2006@hotmail.com>
Date: Tue, 22 Aug 2006 07:18:17 +0000
Subject: send it through western union

thanks for your mail, as you have rise this ammount what you have to do now
is to send this money through western union as i will not let you send this
through an account for the security purpose ok.
pls send the money through western union as i have told you, you can send it
with five western union so that there will not be too much problems.
pls do that and get back to me,pls send the money by my name and send me the
informations ok fast without wasting time.
dudu.

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