419 scam: suleimanbright@gmail.com AVAILABLE MONEY IN THE WESTERN UNION FOR YOUR PICK UP/CAN I TRUST YOU? THE ATPŒë¸"

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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:

The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "dear friend" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- "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. )
- "chief auditor" (the name of a person or institution often appearing in 419 scams)
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: suleimanbright@gmail.com
Date: Mon, 15 Nov 2010 03:56:54 -0800 (PST)
Subject: AVAILABLE MONEY IN THE WESTERN UNION FOR YOUR PICK UP/CAN I TRUST YOU?

Dear Friend,

I am BRIGHT SULEIMAN a Citizen of the United States of America but I work in Western Union in London.I have more than 100,000 information of Western Union transferred to various individual world wide,but wasn't received, maybe because of death,change of environment,unawareness by the receiver or traveling out of the location before the funds was sent.Ones it goes into the system and it is not received by the receiver in 3days I will make the transaction nontransparent and putting it among the ones I have already gathered.I am a worker with the Western Union Money Transfer which equally means there is no way I will be the receiver.That is why I am contacting you so that you can help me receive the funds in your locality each time I send the funds.I will have to change the original receiver's name to your name receiver's name.Immediately i hear from you with your information,I will send US$500.00 in ten names which you will help provide.As soon as I
receive half of my money while you keep the other half as my partner,I will send US$3,000 to another 10 names.As we progresses in this matter the money will increase to US$5,000.00 which will be the amount I will now be sending till all the US$3.5Million have been wired to you.I hope I can trust you with this transaction.If you remain faithful I promise you we are both going to be Millionaires.I will not welcome any calls at this junction for security reasons as I don't want them to suspect anything because of my position.If they discover I am behind this I will be locked up in jail.

Awaiting hearing from you

BRIGHT SULEIMAN(Chief Auditor)
Western Union,UK

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