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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:
  • "hundred thousand united states dollars" (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 immunity" ("diplomats" who perform deliveries of cash or other valuables to you only exist in 419 scams)
  • "the diplomat " ("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.
  

Fraud email example:

From: Rev.Fr.Emmanuel King <emmanuel_king233@yahoo.es>
Reply-To: emmanuel_king27804@yahoo.es
Date: Mon, 31 Jul 2006 04:12:31 +0200
Subject: DEAR BENEFICIARY


THE UNITED NATIONS ORGANISATION WORLD BANK
FACT-FINDING & SPECIAL DUTIES OFFICE,
LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM.

ATTN:DEAR BENEFICIARY.

I am Rev. Father Emmanuel King, a senior staff with the World Bank fact
finding & special duties office. I am writing you this letter because
cool penny is better than millions of dollars. It is better for one to
live and die poor honest man than a rich dishonest one.

I and the chief security officer (CSO) of this organization have
arranged with an officer in computer section engineer Peter Cliff to
bring
out part of your total pending payment sum amounting to US$10 million.
Why we did this is because according to information gathered from the
bank's/security computer, you have been waiting for a long time to
receive
your money without success.

As I found out that you have almost met all the statutory requirements
in respect of your pending payment, your problem is that of interest
groups. A lot of people are interested in your payment and those people
are merely doing paper works with you and that explains why you receive
fax and phone messages from different people everyday. Also we found
out that some of the officials of the parastatals have been extorting a
lot of money from you with the pretext of helping you receive your
money. I can assure you that this may last for years yet nothing
happens if
you do not do away with those officers that you call your partners. And
for security reasons do not tell anybody that you have your money until
you receive cash at your door step.

The money is in a security-proof box weighing 75kg. Yesterday we went
to four courier companies to make arrangements on how to ship them by
courier to you. Dhl, ems, FedEx, ups all said that they must open the
boxes for inspection by the customs before shipment. This is something
we
want to avoid because the box is padded with synthetic nylon and to
open it, you have to cut the pad before you will meet the button that
you
will press to open the dial code-lock. There is no way you can open the
box and be able to close it again because it was padded with machine.

We told the courier services that the box contained film materials and
when open will spoil the materials. We did not declare money because
courier does not carry money.Today a friend of mine who is diplomat
disclosed to me that there is a security courier service they use to
send
diplomatic materials and information from one country to another. It
has
diplomatic immunity and consignment cannot be checked by any customs
anywhere in the world.

I have met the officials of the security courier service and concluded
shipping arrangement with them, which they will commence as soon as i
have your go ahead order. The diplomat will help me so we do not have
any problem. We have concluded that you must donate Five Hundred
Thousand
United States dollars (US$500, 000.00) to any charity organisation I
designate as soon as you receive your money. To this effect, you will
send us a promissory note for Five Hundred Thousand United States
dollars
(US$500,000.00) along with your address for sending the box by courier.

Please maintain topmost secrecy as it may cause a lot of problems if
found out that we are using this way to help you. Do not ever tell
anybody about this until you have your money. I want to help you
because
something in me is telling me that you are an honest person. When you
conclude this and you send our promise, we will help to ship the final
part
of your money to you.


God be with us as we wait for your reply .

Yours faithfully,

REV. Emmanuel King .

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