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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: Adrian Melendez <furyosity28@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: furyocity28@yahoo.com
Date: Wed, 10 Dec 2008 13:06:29 -0800 (PST)
Subject: Urgent Help!


How are you? Hope everything is ok? I just want to know if you can be of he=
lp to me. Something terrible happened to me on a trip I just made to the Un=
ited Kingdom . I was robbed of all my belongings at the hotel I planned to =
stay in and I also lost my cell during the incident which makes it impossib=
le for me to reach out to people at home. I have spoken to the embassy and =
they are not responding to the matter effectively. I have also filed a repo=
rt with the British police.
=A0
Please I need you to lend me about 1750 G.B.Pounds; you should help me have=
it sent via Western Union Money Transfer so I can re-arrange myself and re=
turn back home. I will surely refund the money back to you once I get back =
home. Below is the information you might require in sending me some money.
=A0
Name: Adrian Melendez=A0 Address: 6 Banister houseoff homerton highways, La=
ncashire.Blackburn BB7 2JZ.United Kingdom.
=A0
Please, kindly let me know if you can be of assistance as I'm seriously in =
need of your help. Thanks and waiting to hear from you.
=A0
With Love,=20
Adrian =0A=0A=0A

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