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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 phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "diplomatic courier" ("diplomats" who perform deliveries of cash or other valuables to you only exist in 419 scams)
  • "liberia" (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.
  
• 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.
  • drkwamecharlse@inbox.com

Fraud email example:

From: "drkwamecharles@terra.es" <drkwamecharles@terra.es>
Date: Fri, 22 Dec 2006 06:40:16 +0100 (MET)
Subject: URGENTLY NEEDED


STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL

My dear,

My name is Dr. Kwame Charles. I am a Ghanaian national and I work as an administrative secretary to Exco Unique And Propert Protection Ltd in Accra, Ghana. I have been working with this company for the past seven (7) years. Within this period, I have watched with meticulous interest how African Heads of Government and their accolades have been using Exco Unique Securities to move large sums of money to their foreign partners.

They bring in these consignments of money, cash and secretly declare the contents as, family treasure, etc.

I am sending you this proposal to stand as the beneficiary of the consignment number AZ0990TY, containing US$20m raw clean cash, belonging to the family of former Liberia president Charles Taylor who is facing trial in United Nation headquarter.

For the release of this consignment, you will be requested to forward some documents and PIN codes. I will send to you all the information required. Then you will fax it to the office. As soon as it is confirmed to be correct, they will send the consignment through our diplomatic courier service to your door step or any address that you will provide to them.

I am contacting you because I cannot ever let anybody in the company know that I have the right information and documents concerning these consignments. As your benefit, I have seriously considered this and I am willing to give you 40% upon successful conclusion of this deal.

For further explanation and to maintain confidentiality of the transaction; You can respond to me through my private Email: drkwamecharlse@inbox.com .

Thank you for your anticipated understanding in this regard.

Yours Truly,

Dr.Kwame Charlse,





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