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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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• 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: paul menser <paul_menser@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: paul_menser1@yahoo.com
Date: Mon, 11 Aug 2008 04:51:33 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: DEAR FRIEND,


ATTN;

I AM MR.PAUL MENSER THE HEAD MANAGER OF THE WESTERN UNION MONEY TRANSFER TO=
GO/GHANA WEST AFRICA,BUT PRESENTLY AM IN GHANA BECAUSE OF YOU AND THIS YOUN=
G BOY.

I AM CONTACTING YOU IN THE RESPECT OF US$5M WHICH IS IN OUR COMPUTER SYSTEM=
=A0 WHICH A YOUNG BOY CAME TO SEND TO YOU THAT YOU ARE HIS FATHER'S FOREIGN=
PARTNER OVERSEAS. THE BOY WAS ABOUT TO SEND THE US$5M BUT THAT BOY DOES NO=
T WANT TO USE THE DIPLOMATIC MEANS AND BECAUSE OF THOSE SCAMS THAT IS WHY H=
E CAME TO OUR WESTERN UNION MONEY TRANSFER TO SEND THE CASH TO YOU OK .

THE YOUNG BOY WAS APPREHENDED BY THE MONEY LAUNDRY AGENT'S POLICE AND TAKEN=
TO THE STATION WHICH WAS DETAIN THERE AND HE TOLD ME THAT HE TRUSTED YOU A=
ND ME THAT IS WHY HE REVIWED THE SECRETS TO ME THAT I SHOULD CONTACT YOU TH=
AT THERE WILL BE A SOLUTION TO SEND THIS US$5M TO YOU SO THAT HE CAN BE REL=
EASE FROM THE HANDS OF THE MONEY LAUNDRY AGENT'S POLICE HERE IN ACCRA GHANA=
.

MEAN WHILE BEFORE I WILL START SENDING YOU THIS US$5M YOU HAVE TO SEND ME (=
YOUR CELLPHONE NUMBER , 4 NAME'S & YOUR INTERNATIONAL PASSPORT ) WHICH I W=
ILL USED TO EFFECT THE PAYMENT TO YOU BIT BY BIT AND EACH BIT WILL BE SENDI=
NG US$7000 WITH EACH NAME YOU HAVE PROVIDED BECAUSE IN OUR WESTERN UNION MO=
NEY TRANSFER HEAR WE DO NOT SEND MORE THEN $7,000USD WHICH I CAN EFFECT TO =
PAYMENT TWICE IN A DAY TO YOU WHICH IS $14,000USD FOR THIS LITTLE BOY TO LE=
AVE 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 PAYM=
ENT TO YOU BIT BY BIT TO YOU.
=A0
I WAIT TO HEAR FROM YOU SHORTLY .

MR.PAUL MENSER


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