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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:

• An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
• 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:
  • "dear friend" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "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.
  
• 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.
  • +2214183317 (Senegal, probably a prepaid mobile phone)
• 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.
  • office.revricharddavid@katamail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "REV RICHARD DAVID" <UNofic@katamail.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: UNoffice@katamail.com
Date: Tue, 15 Aug 2006 03:08:54 -0700
Subject: FROM OFFICE OF REV.FR RICHARD DAVID

FROM OFFICE OF REV.FR RICHARD DAVID
DIRECTOR SPECIAL DUTIES,UNITED NATIONS
ORGANIZATIONS IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE
INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND WORLD
BANK FACT-FINDING & SPECIAL DUTIES OFFICE
DAKAR,SENEGAL.
EMAIL:office.Revricharddavid@katamail.com

Dear Friend.

I am Rev. Fr.Richard David. A senior staff with the World Bank fact
finding & special duties office.I am writing you this letter based on
the fact that cool penny is better than millions of dollars means it's
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 and have
arranged with an officer in the computer section in person of Engineer
Joseph Cliff to bring out part of your total pending payment with
reference number (LEM-05-371) 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 this payment
without success.

As I found out that you have almost met all the statutory requirements
in respect of your pending payment. The problem we feel you are having
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 different kinds of untrue fax and phone messages
from different people everyday.

Also we found out that some of the officials of the prostates have been
extorting a lot of money from you with the pretext of helping you
receive your money. I can assure you this will keep happening if you do not
do away with those officers. For security reasons you do not have to
tell anybody that your have your payment on the way until the payment
gets to you.

The said payment is been arranged in a security-proof box weighing
75kg. In order to get this box shipped to you I and the (COS) Yesterday
went to this four courier companies DHL, Ems, FedEx and Ups to make
arrangements on how to get the box shipped to you by courier, but to no avail
the above courier companies all made us to understand that they have
to open the box for inspection by the customs before shipment.

This is something we want to avoid because this box is been padded with
synthetic nylon and to open it you will 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. <N:B> 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 company that
is specialized in sending diplomatic materials and information from one
country to another, which also has diplomatic immunity and consignment
such as this cannot be checked by any customs anywhere in the world.

I have therefore met the official 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 who will be bring in
this consignment to you is an expact and has been in this line of work for
many years now so we have Notting to worry about.

After all arrangements we have concluded that you must donate Five
Hundred Thousand United States dollars (US$500,000.00) to any charity
organization I designate as soon as you receive your money. To this effect,
you will send to us a promissory note for the donation along with your
address where you will like the box to be delivered to 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. You are advised not
inform anyone about this until you received your money. Am helping you on
this because something in me is tells 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.May God be with you as i wait for
your response either through Fax or Email:

Feel free to call me if you will like us to discuses more on this.
/TEL: +221 4183317.

Yours Faithfully
Rev. Fr.Richard David
Director, Special Duties. UNI/BF..

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