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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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Fraud email example:

From: "WESTERN UNION MONEY TRANSFER"<office_westernun@sify.com>
Reply-To: <savannahbank@sify.com>
Date: Tue, 29 Sep 2009 18:50:38 +0100
Subject: MESSAGE FROM WESTERN UNION

Welcome to Western Union Send Money Worldwide

Attention: Beneficiary

The INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND contacted us for your compensation of $950.000.00 USD directed in cash credited to file KTU/6523118308 at the owner of this email address a couple of hours ago due to your allocated security code. We are unable to complete a transfer directed at an email address, so we require some more information in order to complete this transfer. FULL NAME: FULL CONTACT ADDRESS: MOBILE PHONE NUMBER; MARITAL STATUS AND AGE:

In order to resolve this problem, please email via Western Union Solicitors Fund verification Department; E-mail (verify_office@sify.com) As soon as this information is received, and you have to complied with the requirements payment of the western union charges $250USD, payment will be made to your nominated bank account or at the counter directly from the Western Union Transfering Bank.The charge is required to activate your Payment File Pin Code to enable it be Enlisted in the System for immediate transfer. International Monetary Fund (IMF) that mandated the fund payment did not pay the fee because it is required to be beared by the fund beneficiary since every other charge had been waived before the payment will be effected.

NOTE; this payment was directed to be made available in your name and you can only pay them $250 as for confirmation and immediate payment of the approved fund of US$950,000.00 only in your favour. Note that the administrative and logistic fee is the only charge entailed in the fund payment. Once it is settled by the fund beneficiary the payment will be made according to his directive. My word is my bond to you as a catholic reverend father here in Cotonou, Benin Republic.

This is directly from the Management of Western Union Money Transfer United Kingdom Head Office and our Motto is To Serve You Better.Contact us on ourwebsite on www.westernunion.com .

THE MANAGEMENT OF WESTERN UNION MONEY TRANSFER, UNITED KINGDOM HEAD OFFICE. DISPATCHED THIS DAY.

Sincerely,
Rev. Mike Ezeilo. Direct Line +229 98 99 52 89
( verify_office@sify.com )
Western Union Payments.

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