419 scam: "WESTERN UNION MONEY TRANSFER OFFICE MALAYSIA BRANCH"<russ1971@yandex.ru> RE: WESTERN UNION MONEY TRANSFER OFFICE MALAYSIA BRANCH.

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"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam

The so-called "419" scam is a type of fraud dominated by criminals from Nigeria and other countries in Africa. Victims of the scam are promised a large amount of money, such as a lottery prize, inheritance, money sitting in some bank account, etc.

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.

Keep in mind that scammers DO NOT use their real names when defrauding people.
The criminals either abuse names of real people or companies or invent names or addresses.
Any real people or companies mentioned below have NO CONNECTION to the scammers!

Read more about such scams here or in our 419 FAQ. Use the Scam-O-Matic to verify suspect emails.

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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
This email uses a separate reply address that is different from the sender address. Spammers use this to get replies even when the original spam sending accounts have been shut down. Also, sometimes the sender addresses are legitimate looking but fake and only the reply address is actually an email account controlled by the scammers.
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "western union" (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 send money by Western Union or MoneyGram to people you do not know personally - NO EXCEPTIONS! Instant wire transfer services are not meant to be used with strangers because they offer no protection against fraud. That is precisely why the criminals want you send money that way. )
- "time is not on our side" (scammers rush victims so they don't have time to think properly)
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 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.
- westernunionmoneytransfer648@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "WESTERN UNION MONEY TRANSFER OFFICE MALAYSIA BRANCH" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <westernunionmoneytransfer648@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 31 Mar 2010 14:40:12 +0800
Subject: RE: WESTERN UNION MONEY TRANSFER OFFICE MALAYSIA BRANCH.

    THE MANAGEMENT OF WESTERN UNION MONEY TRANSFER OFFICE MALAYSIA BRANCH.

    Our Ref:WUMT0XX2/987

    Attention To The Owner Of This E-mail,

    GOOD NEWS.

    How are you today? I write to inform you that we have been authorized to be sending you $5,000.00 dollars on daily basis through Western union as we have been given the mandate to transfer your full compensation payment total sum of $2.5M via western union by the goverment of this country. The government of Malaysia is compensating those from America/Asia and Europe, Etc. citizens that have been scammed by africa scammers. Alot of scam report has been sent to the present government of this country about African scammers mostly from Nigeria and Benin Republic and some other african countries in this regards the government has decided to compensate those affected citizens from all part of the world mostly American Canada Asia Europe ETC in other to redeem the image of the country. Today when we tried to transfer the first $5,000.00 Dollars we could not, we found out that you have not given us your real names address and city where to transfer the money! .

    Now, I decided to email you to solicite for the information needed to start transferring your money without any delay because time is not on our side. You are to send below information to our online costumer care email address below:

    1, Your full names:

    2, Country name and address:

    3, Your direct telephone number:

    4, Your Identification Card:

    Once we receive the above information, we will be sending you only $5,000.00 per day. My direct phone line is +60166098792, Western Union Manager Dr.Ahmed Lee, contact us via our costumer care Private Email Address with the above requested information: westernunionmoneytransfer648@gmail.com email or call me once you send the requested information. Note, that the total sum have been programmed to our electronic wire transfer system for transfer once we hear from you.

    I am waiting for your call once you send the information, Please email me your direct telephone number because I need to be calling you once we send any payment for the informations.

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

Best Regards,

Dr. Kong Azim Allen

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