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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:
  • "huge sum 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)
  • "million 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)
• 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.
  • intercourieservice@myway.com

Fraud email example:

From: "ADB " <adb0002@rediffmail.com>
Date: 8 Jan 2007 20:59:00 -0000
Subject: URGENT MESSAGE


Dear Valued Beneficiary,---PLEASE REPLY TO :&nbsp;&nbsp; intercourieservice@myway.com
I am Rev Mathew Godsend, Scretary of African Development Bank. This is to bring to your notice that my office has taking over all the money Transaction originated from any part of African and Europe counties as Contract payment, Fund inheritance, Recoverd Money Laundries, Unclaimed dead funds or Lottery Winning due to Unauthorized/incapability of financial Institutions/security companies In releasing such huge sum of money due to Fraud, terrorist and money Laundry activities going on world wide. The World Bank Group has Mandated the African Development bank via my Office to release funds to beneficiaries through a DIPLOMATIC MOVEMENT straight to your house door with UN Diplomats and Intercourier Copmany.Agood arrangements have being approved by the 295 meeting of the World Bank/UN Sequel to the new Apponitment of Scretary General of United Nations--BAN KI--MOON ,&nbsp; secretive arrangement in regards of the Shipment of your sum payment of Twent million United States Dollars (US$20,000,000.00), I wish to inform you that all necessary modalities have been automatically concluded and have left ADB BANKoffice to the Courier Services today by Express Cargo Flight. Note carefully the content of the crate is \"MONEY\" but I did not disclose it to the Courier Services as Money, rather I informed them that the crate contain Vital \"DIPLOMATIC DOCUMENTS\" belonging to my client (That÷Õ You).&nbsp;Furthermore, the weight of the consignment is 150kg, On No account should you disclose the content of the Crate with the Courier Services for fear of Betrayal ,so do not allow them to know that the Content is money and do not allow them to Inspect the consignments for any reason until the final delivery to your House Door. In the meantime,
contact the Courier Services as soon as you receive this E-mail via their email address: intercourieservice@myway.com ,&nbsp;&nbsp; For you to know the actual situation with the consignment and also give Them your address where the consignment will be Delivered and then get back to me as soon as possible So that I can give you the key code number of the consignment as the owner of the box .
&nbsp;CONTACT THEM RIGHT NOW--EMAIL : intercourieservice@myway.com
Thanks for Your Cooperation. Rev Mathew Godsend Scretary of the Bank.

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