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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:

• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "clearance fee" (this will cost you money - be careful with upfront payments to anyone you only know through email, especially if they promise you a lot of money. Never ever send money by Western Union or MoneyGram to people you do not know personally. )
  • "transfer of your funds" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
  • "00,000.00" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
• 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: "PROFF.JOE OWUSU" <west_afircasubregion@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Fri, 27 Feb 2009 03:21:06 +0000 (GMT)
Subject: CONGRATULATION!!! AND GET BACK TO ME NOW FOR THE RELEASE OF YOUR MTCNS



















 
      
 




Western Union Payments





                                                                       


OCEANIC BANK PLC
Western Union 

Send Money Worldwide
 
 
Address; St, Peter & John
Road AFLAO GHANA.
Tel; +233-249314147
 
  Dear Client, 

 In conjunction, we the newly elected president Attah Mills and WESTERN UNION chief executive director Mrs Gold from the USA.

 every necessary arrangment has now been put in place in order for you to receive your pending funds, you do not have to be worried anymore because this is a directive from the new Government and WESTERN UNION chief executive director Mrs Gold. they have instructed WESTERN UNION COMPANY, here in Ghana now for the immediate release of your prepared 20 MTCN NUMBERS each of $5000 USD to be pick up in your country, WESTERN UNION has already prepared 5 MTCNS NUMBERS on your name, and to be pick up in your country, you can as well send us 3 Additional names to prepared the balance 15 MTCN  NUMBERS on their names.


4702581892.
8961322024.
1422608183.
5192242727.
4861144249.

Please each MTCN NUMBERS is $5000 USD, TEST QUESTION: WHAT FOR. ANSWER: FEE. COUNTRY: TOGO, please note as soon as you come up with the CLEARANCE FEE? the SENDER NAME, will be release to you immediately for you to go to WESTERN UNION office in your Country to pick up your first 5 MTCN NUMBERS.

all you need to do is to come up with your Account details in order for us to wire your balance funds of $7.900,000.00 US DOLLARS into your foreign  Account.  and for your information i have been given the privilege Prof.Joe Owusu to make the total transfer of your funds to you. 

all that is needed now is for you to come up with the CLEARANCE FEE, for the immediate release of your total funds to you without any further delay from WESTERN UNION COMPANY here in Ghana.

 and please this CLEARANCE FEE, you are going to be making payment of is refundable, if in the next 5 working hours after you have made payment and your funds is not release to you, the said sum will be refunded in Addition with the commission back to you.
 

the reason of wire transfer is because to transfer  of the whole amount to you through WESTERN UNION MONEY TRANSFER at the amount of $5,000 USD per day will consume a lot of time and may lead to other payment charges.
 
the wire transfer will cost you $950 which you will send to us immediately after you receive your first set of MTCN NUMBERS.
i want to stress some point here clearly concerning some reports about some people using our logo and adoltratration of my name Prof.Joe Owusu, to extort money from people claiming to have some transaction, to tackle this i have resort to giving a code to every person having transaction with us to avert the reoccurance of such situation.any e-mail receive concerning this transaction without this code (wumt) should be regarded as not from me.

you can contact me as soon as you receive this email for the immediate release of your funds to you now.

Thanks in anticipation and co-operation

Prof.Joe Owusu

WESTERN UNION,
Controller General,
West Africa,

+233249314147
 



 

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