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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.
• This email lists mobile phone numbers. Use of such numbers is typical for scams because they allow criminals to conceal their true location. They can receive calls in an Internet cafe from where they send you emails, while pretending to be in some office.
  • +22997150692 (Benin, probably a prepaid mobile phone)
• 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.
  • westernunionmntrnsf336@gmail.com

Fraud email example:

From: "godwin2009@terra.es" <godwin2009@terra.es>
Date: Fri, 20 Mar 2009 02:24:46 +0100 (MET)
Subject: ATTN GO AND PICK THIS $5000 AND GET BACK TO US


Attention Beneficiary,
How are you today? I write to inform you that we have already sent you USD5=
000.00 dollars through Western union as we have been given the mandate to t=
ransfer your full compensation payment total sum of USD1.2million ,usd via =
western union by this governemnt.I was calling your telephone number to giv=
e you the information through phone but you did not pick up my calls throug=
hout that yesterday even this morning.Now, I decided to email you the MTCN =
and sender name so that you will pick up this USD5000.00 to enable us send =
another USD5000.00 today as you know we will be sending you only USD5000.00=
per day. Until you have received the total fund of $1.2million usd.Please =
pick up this information and run to western union to pick up the USD5000.00=
and call me back to send you another payment today, My direct phone line i=
s ++229-97150692, Email( westernunionmntrnsf336@gmail.com ) call or email m=
e once you picked up this USD5000.00 today.Here is the western union inform=
ation to pick up the USD5000.00.
LORENZA CABANIG=20
MTCN: 703-316-0998
Question: Who made you?
Answer:God
Amount: $5000
I am waiting for your call once you pick up this USD5000.00, Please email m=
e your direct telephone number because I need to be calling you once we sen=
d any=20
payment for the informations.the payment was made with your name, again the=
money you are receiving is from the federal govermant of Benin republic Dr=
. YAYI BONI. For the End of year annual compasation to listed beneficiarys =
and your name and email address was among those that will be receiveing the=
$1.2Million USD,via our western union methord,Dr Godwin Wallace.
Thanks
Dr G odwin A Wallace
.=20






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