419 scam: "Agent Garry Moore"<info@wu.com> Your Total Fund to be received is US$360,000,00 via western union transfer.

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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:

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:
- "clearance certificate" (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. )
- "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. )
- "mtcn" (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. )
- "money transfer control number" (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. )
- "clearance certificate" (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. )
- "you are advise to" (this email uses bad English)
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: "Agent Garry Moore" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <westernunionafrica2013@yandex.com>
Date: Sat, 8 Jun 2013 01:26:07 -0400
Subject: Your Total Fund to be received is US$360,000,00 via western union transfer.

My associate has helped me to send your first payment of US$7,500 to you? as instructed by Mr. David Mark the Federal republic of Nigeria Senate president after the last G20 meeting that was held in United Kingdom,Making you one of the beneficiaries. Here is the information below to pick up your first payment.

MONEY TRANSFER CONTROL NUMBER: 310-487-3082
SENDER NAME: Jame w. Barry
AMOUNT: US$7,500usd
Test Question: Amount
Answer: $7,500usd

So Agent Garry Moore will be instruted to keep sending you US$7,500 twice a week until the FULL
payment of (US $360,000.00 Dollars) is completed.

A certificate will be made to change the Receiver Name as stated by the
British prime minister.

We recommend you track this MTCN in the WESTERN UNION MONEY TRANSFER website immediately to confirm the MTCN is active or not,But you should know that we have not gotten your release certificate from the UK G20 committee yet.

So the above is your case, we recommend you contact Agent Garry Moore to work with you in getting the certificate immediately so that your MTCN will be active and you can start collecting your money twice weekly via WESTERN UNION MONEY TRANSFER until your total sum of $360,000,00 is totally completely sent to you.

You are advise to send your Full Names / address and direct phone number via Email to this of the following email address below:

Agent Garry Moore westernunionafrica2013@yandex.com

Agent Garry Moore is experts from the sub-committee of the G20 committee meeting held in the UK. The money will not reflect until the clearance certificate is issue to you by the G20 committee.

Make sure you are replying with the above email when responding,Which is for security reason.

God bless you

Signed
Secretary
Agent Garry Moore
G20 Committee.

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