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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 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)
• 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.
  • diplomatic434@k.ro (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "thomson duru" <chieftomson1@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: chiefthomsonduru@aol.com
Date: Wed, 28 Feb 2007 10:29:38 +0100
Subject: From Chief Thomson Duru Please Urgent

FROM  Chief Dr.Thomson Duru
 
E-MAIL: (chiefthomsonduru@aol.com)
 
DIRECT MOBILE (234-808-0822-2366)
 
Dear Sir,
 
I am Chief Dr.Thomson Duru Foreign payment adviser to the president Federal Republic of Nigeria, Sequel to the secretive arrangement in regards of the shipment of your contract sum, I wish to inform you that all necessary modalities have been automatically concluded and has left Nigeria to London via there stop over unit in Express Cargo Flight With Air And Sea Diplomatic Company.

 

Note carefully that the content of the boxes is "MONEY" but I did not disclose it to the Courier Services as Money, rather I informed them that the boxes contain Vital "DIPLOMATIC DOCUMENTS" belonging to my client (that’s you).
 
Furthermore, the weight of the consignment is 80kg which cost 9,900.00 Euros to deliver to London since I don't have your full mailing address to avoid mistake of delivering. On no account should you disclose the content of the boxes with the Diplomatic Courier Services for fear of betrayal. So do not allow them to know that the content is money.
 
In the meantime, contact the Diplomatic Courier Services Mr. Peter Johnson. E-mail: (diplomatic434@k.ro) tomorrow to know the actual situation with the consignment then get back to me as soon as possible so that the shipment documents with the keys can be dispatch to you, also you can arrange with them for delivery to your address if you cannot go to London for the claim. 
 
Meanwhile, I will be coming over to your country immediately the consignment arrives in your home/bank for my 20% share.
 
Congrates and remain blessed.
 
Best Regards,
 
Chief Dr Thomson Duru

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