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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.
  • prof.addo@138mail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Professor Andy Addo" <profaddo12@livedoor.com>
Reply-To: prof.addo@138mail.com
Date: Fri, 4 Jul 2008 02:17:25 +0000
Subject: $800,000 USD AS A FOREIGN BENEFICIARY


MY DEAREST,

I AM PROF ADDO THE HEAD MANAGER OF THE WESTERN UNION MONEY TRANSFER
TOGO/GHANA WEST AFRICA,BUT PRESENTLY I AM IN GHANA BECAUSE OF YOU AND THIS
YOUNG BOY.

I AM CONTACTING YOU IN THE RESPECT OF $800,000 USD WHICH IS IN OUR COMPUTER
SYSTEM WHICH A YOUNG BOY CAME TO SEND TO YOU THAT YOU ARE HIS FOREIGN
PARTNER OVERSEAS. THE BOY WAS ABOUT TO SEND THE $800,000 USD BECAUSE OF
THOSE SCAMS THAT IS WHY HE CAME TO OUR WESTERN UNION MONEY TRANSFER UNIT TO
SEND THE CASH TO YOU OK

THE YOUNG BOY WAS APPREHENDED BY THE MONEY LAUNDRY AGENT'S POLICE AND TAKEN
TO THE POLICE STATION WHERE HE WAS DETAINED AND HE TOLD ME THAT HE TRUSTED
YOU AND ME THAT IS WHY HE REVEALED THE SECRETS TO ME THAT I SHOULD CONTACT
YOU THAT THERE WILL BE A SOLUTION TO SEND THIS $800,000 USD TO YOU SO THAT
HE CAN BE RELEASED FROM THE HANDS OF THE MONEY
LAUNDRY AGENT'S POLICE HERE IN ACCRA, GHANA.

MEAN WHILE BEFORE I WILL START SENDING YOU THIS $800,000 USD YOU HAVE TO
SEND ME ( YOUR CELLPHONE NUMBER , 4 NAME'S & YOUR INTERNATIONAL
PASSPORT,DRIVERS LICENCE OR WORKING IDENTITY CARD ) WHICH I WILL USE TO
EFFECT THE PAYMENT TO YOU BIT BY BIT AND EACH BIT WILL BE SENDING $14,000USD
WITH EACH NAME YOU HAVE PROVIDED BECAUSE IN OUR WESTERN
UNION MONEY TRANSFER HERE WE DO NOT SEND MORE THAN $14,000 USD WHICH I CAN
EFFECT PAYMENT TWICE IN A DAY TO YOU WHICH IS $28,000USD FOR THIS LITTLE BOY
TO LEAVE THE COSTUDY BECAUSE IT'S NOT GOOD FOR HIM TO BE THERE FOR HIS
CONDITION AND AFTER MAKING ALL SUCESSFULL TRANSFER OF THE WHOLE CASH TO YOU
HE SAID HE WILL JOIN YOU OVER THERE IN YOUR
COUNTRY. IMMEDAITLY I GET THOSE INFORMATION FROM YOU I WILL START EFFECTING
THE PAYMENT TO YOU BIT BY BIT IN YOUR ACCOUNT I WILL SEND YOUR THE NECESSARY
DOCUMENTS REGARDING THIS TRANSFER AND MY ID CARD.

I WANT YOU TO GIVE ME A CALL WITH MY DIRECT NUMBER OR EMAIL ME ON
prof.addo@138mail.com
I WAIT TO HEAR FROM YOU SHORTLY
PROF ADDO

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