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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.
• 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.
  • +447011121472 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)
  • +448704798898 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)
• 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.
  • c_okolie1010@yahoo.com.hk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
  • collinsokolie50000@yahoo.com.ph (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Mr.Collins Okolie" <collinsokolie5000@yahoo.it>
Date: Mon, 22 Jan 2007 14:01:26 +0100
Subject: From: Collins Okolie.

From: Collins Okolie.
Tel:+44-70 1112 1472
Fax:+44-87 0479 8898
Emails:c_okolie1010@yahoo.com.hk

We are Diplomatic Corp that holds special and valuable
consignments for reputable clients that are honest and
trustworthy. We work in collaboration with top firms all
over the world as we have earned a name as a service whose
hallmarks in reliability and confidentiality are revered.

A benefactor has mandated me to get someone that can assist
her and her family in retrieving her package containing some
amount of money from a Global Financial Trust Company in
Europe. The benefactor and her children have been confined
only to their country home and all their calls and movements
are monitored, as a result, it's absolutely impossible for
them to do anything as regards retrieving the money. Their
only means of communication is via Internet and you are
being contacted because your assistance is needed in
claiming the funds on their behalf.

The amount was accrued from Diamond sales over a period of
ten years and its 22M Pounds (twenty two Million Pounds).
These funds are fully free of any liens or encumbrances and
are clean, clear and have no criminal origin. The funds have
nothing to do with any form of illegality and all
documentations needed to prove the source of the funds were
submitted when the funds were being deposited and these
documents would prove the source of the funds and
authenticate the fact that the funds are clean and has no
links whatsoever with either drugs or terrorism.

For your assistance in this transaction, the benefactor and
her Children have agreed to give you 25% of the total amount
of money which is equivalent to 5.5M Pounds (five Million,
Five hundred Thousand, Pounds) and this role simply entails
retrieving the funds on their behalf from the Diplomats in
Europe and all the information needed to claim the funds
would be sent to you as soon as you indicate your interest
in assisting them as well as providing the following
information to facilitate The smooth conclusion of the
transaction.

1) Your Full Name: __________________________
2) Your Address: ____________________________
3) Your Telephone Number: ___________________
4) Your Fax Number: _________________________
5) Your Mobile Number: ______________________
6) The Name of the Closest Airport to your City of
Residence: _____________________
7) Your Age______________________

I await your response urgently or you can better still rich
me through this email address
collinsokolie50000@yahoo.com.ph or call me on the above
number.

Regards,
MR. Collins Okolie.

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