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

• The following fake company names, fake addresses, non-existent institutions/documents or other details have appeared in scams before:
  • "diplomatic immunity"
• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "trunk box" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "trunk boxes" (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)
  • "is 100% risk free" (almost true for the criminal - arrests of online criminals are rare)
  • "diplomatic immunity" ("diplomats" who perform deliveries of cash or other valuables to you only exist in 419 scams)
  • "abuja" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  

Fraud email example:

From: "MRS NORA OBASEKI" <noraoba@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: noraobaseki3@maktoob.com
Date: Mon, 23 Jan 2006 01:46:02 -0700
Subject: COMPLIMENT OF THE SEASON

Mrs. Nora D Obaseki
Flat 8 Block 12 NNPC Quarters
Garki Abuja Nigeria.

Hello Dear ,

I presume this letter will come to you as a surprise, but as things unfold, we will know each other better. I will start by introducing myself to you.

I am Mrs. Nora D Obaseki , the wife of Chief Jackson Gaius Obaseki,the recently retired Managing Director, and Chief Executive, Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC). I am really sure that you will be of a good assistance after going thoroughly through this letter.

For many years of marriage now between me and my husband, I have not given birth, and this has really troubled my husband. As a result of the respect given to local tradition ure and custom here in Nigeria, my husband has decided to break the marriage and I have divorced from him. As at now,I am no longer Assured of a matrimonial home, hence I seek your urgent assistance and help which I know will go a long way in getting me settled finally.

I want to use this opportunity to move the sum of (US$18M) into your custody for safe keeping, pending my arrival in your country. This said amount was given to my husband as gratification from some Foreign Oil Companies he helped in getting Allocation for the Drilling of
Crude Oil in Nigeria.

As a civil servant, he does not want to be exposed, hence he gave me this money to keep so that he can be exonerated from the eyes of government security operatives in Nigeria.

I contacted my direct sister who introduced an idea for me which I followed.The money was then neatly packed in four boxes and tagged as Diplomatic Documents and film materials(PERSONAL EFFECTS).I then
deposited the boxes for save keeping in a security/finance company in Nigeria on January 3rd 2000. The security company do not know that the four boxes contains money This was done for my personal
security reasons.

The deposit paper reads: four trunk boxes containing film materials and diplomatic documents.Please take proper note of this.Some top government officials in Nigeria use this method to transfer money to their foreign partners outside the country for confidential reasons.

The little money I use for personal expenses here has finished that is why I needed your assistance to process the release of the boxes from the security company where it was deposited. I want these boxes to
taken out of the security company to your destination so that I can be able to open the boxes and retreive the money for my expenses and to arrange myself for business investment.

Please hasten up and help me to recieve these boxes. Be informed that this money is not connected with drugs; money laundry, firearms and looting which I believe will put fears in you to render the required
assistance needed from you and consequently withdrawing your help for security reasons.

Hence the source of this said money is clean and clear, Rather,to help me,kindly prepare your mind so that I can direct you to the Security Company where the boxes were deposited for the necessary release to your destination on my behalf under diplomatic immunity.During your contact with the Security Company,tell them that you are my business associate and that I instructed that the boxes I deposited with them be sent to your address. Be rest assured that this transaction is 100% risk free, and my husband will not raise any alarm because the deposite documents was written in my name and in my possession now.

As soon as this money is moved to you, and you confirm to me that you have received it, I will be coming to meet you up there in your country where I wish to live the rest of my life. I will be offering you 30% of this money if you show your personal commitment in this transaction and 2.5% of the money will be used to settle any personal expenses that have been incured along the line of the transaction and for all your help at this time of need. Be informed that this transaction will not last more than 14 working days
and it will be concluded because every arrangement has been put in place.

Your negative or positive response will be highly
appreciated.

Yours faithfully,
Mrs. Nora D Obaseki

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