419 scam: The Foreign Remittance Director <stanley_ambrose100@yahoo.com> THIS IS A MUST READ LETTER FOR YOUR OWN GOOD URGENT RESPONSE,

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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:
- "will come to you as a surprise" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- "the consignment" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
- "consignment " (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
- "diplomatic agent" ("diplomats" who perform deliveries of cash or other valuables to you only exist in 419 scams)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
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.
- stanleyambrose@hotmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: The Foreign Remittance Director <stanley_ambrose100@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: stanleyambrose100@gmail.com
Date: Tue, 6 Dec 2011 06:16:02 -0800 (PST)
Subject: THIS IS A MUST READ LETTER FOR YOUR OWN GOOD URGENT RESPONSE,

Attention: Dear,

How are you today, I know that this email will come to you as a surprise notice, but I believe it will comes to you in good health which is the most important thing in human nature.

Meanwhile my reason for sending this letter is to deliver important news to you that I believe after going through the content of this letter, you will act immediately. What I am trying to say is that we receive information here in our office today stating that the offshore security vault where your unclaimed consignment/ fund was deposited through this institute by our diplomatic agent caught up with fire, and we where made to understand that many consignments where save while many was lost as the result of the fire.

The most important thing now is that this situation is going to result a very big problem and confusion between them and their customers, but the informationâ€™s we receive from them which they have also sent to many of their customers is that if you can be able to come up with full details of your deposited consignment/funds such as your direct telephone number, your home or office address, country of origin and attach copy of your valid international passport or drivers license., then it can be use to see if yours is among the saved ones because they will be compensating the unfortunate victims if only the person can come up with proper documentations of his or her consignment.

But as it stand now all the save consignments/funds has been moved to their sister branch in Toronto Canada for security reasons. So my advice to you now is for you to get back to this office as soon as you read this letter for us to know what to do because delay is very dangerous as it is now to avoid someone else not to go for the claim of your properties.

Meanwhile I will advice that you start planning on how to meet with them face to face in Toronto Canada to make things easy and to see for your self and also sign all the important documents and claim the consignment as soon as possible because many of their clients will like to do the same thing by traveling to meet with them face to face because no body will like to loose what he or she deposited in their custody if after verifying that yours is save. You donâ€™t have to allow what happen last time to repeat it self as you know that it was due to your delay that is why your consignment/funds is been stock there all this while.

Your urgent response is needed.

Mr. Stanley Ambrose,
The Foreign Remittance Director,
City Exchange Finance and Security Company
Accra Ghana,
Tel: +233-272-416-092
Private email: stanleyambrose@hotmail.com

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