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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:
  • "a security company " (this will cost you money - that's what the scam is about)
  • "huge amount of money" (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)
• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  
• This email lists mobile phone numbers. Use of such numbers is typical for scams because they allow criminals to conceal their true location. They can receive calls in an Internet cafe from where they send you emails, while pretending to be in some office.
  • +447024099821 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)

Fraud email example:

From: "Steve Mills" <s-mills19@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: stevcomills@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Mon, 11 Sep 2006 07:03:21 -0400
Subject: In need of your urgent assistant

Greetings of the day to you,
 
I am sorry for contacting you through this medium without a previous notice,I had to use E-mail because it is considered to be a more easier, faster and reliable way of making contact with people around the world. I am Steve Mills, a Briton and the former Investment Adviser to  Late Mrs. Stella Obasanjo, the wife of the Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo. Mrs. Stella   Obasanjo whose untimely death happened on the early hours of Sunday 23rd October 2005 in a Spainish hospital where she went for a surgical operation.

 Please View web site below for obituary of late Mrs.Stella Obasanjo   http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/4368806.stm
 
However, while the first lady was alive, I assisted her immensely in repatriating huge amount of money out of the country. This was made possible because none of our  luggages undergo any security check  by any law enforcement agency at the airports during any of our trips. This is as a result of  the Diplomatic Immunity that covers the first lady and her entourage. Thus, during my last trip with the first lady to spain which was on the 21st day of October, 2005, we had with us a total sum of $4.5M (Four Million five hundred thausand United States Dollar) which she had wanted to invest in one of the European companies after her tommy tuck surgery. On her instruction, I took the luggage(consignment) that contained the money to a security company on our way to spain where I deposited it with my name pending when she is going to make use of it, but unfortunately, she died a day after.

Now, because of the fact that Mr President, her husband is independently monitoring the activities of most of the ex- aides of his wife, there is no way I can take possession of this consignment from the security company even though the security company knows nothing about the content of the consignment. Thus, I hereby seek the assistance of a trustworthy person that would stand in as the beneficiary of this consignment since I have all the documents relating to the consignment. I expect nothing less than a genuine co-operation and interest towards this transaction. The person will be entitled to 30% of the fund for the assistance rendered. I can assure you that this transaction is real  and 100% risk free.

 

Please respond back with your full contact details which includes, full name, address, age, telephone number and occupation.

You can call me on my mobile for more details on this. +447024099821.

Please reply me as soon as possible for us to start this transaction in earnest.

Best regards

Steve Mills
Liverpool London UK

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