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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:
  • "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)
  • "await your urgent response" (they are rushing you so you don't have time to think properly)
  • "the diplomat " ("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 next of kin scam.

Fraud email example:

From: prince calabi <prince.calabi3@yahoo.com>
Date: Mon, 12 Mar 2007 18:07:56 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: URGENT REPLY WITH TRUST AND GOD FEARING PERSON !!!


GREETINGS!!
BUDUBURAHAM REFUGEE CAMP,WESTERN REGION.
ACCRA-GHANA
From: PRINCE CALABI
Attn:
Compliments of the day!
I and my younger sister write to seek for your assistance; we got your contact from a noble gentleman that came to our refugee camp who came to give a seminar about AIDS whom we confronted that we are looking a God-fearing person that is when your data was given to us.

First andforemost i want to introduce myself to you. My name is Prince
Calabi and my younger sister Princess Jane calabi a Liberian, my consignment contains 45million United States dollars and some quantity of gold and Diamond, which I cannot specify.The consignments are presently in Offshore. The consignment gets to Offshore through the help of a U.N diplomat Dr.David Williams. The fact is that Dr.David Williams
is supposed to have delivered this consignment to a man called DR STUD BAKER in Offshore.

The week Dr.David Williams is suppose to deliver the consignment to him, when he got to Offershore after clearing the consignment from the Airport, he call Dr.Stud Baker to tell him the description to is house for the delivery, but is wife answered the call and told Dr.David Williams that her husband Dr. Stud Baker hard a fatal car accident which lead to his death some few hours later.
Dr Stud Baker has already paid the demurrages from the security company, he paid for Bullion van that took the consignment to the airport and he paid for custom check report he also assisted us in getting the DRUG / ANTI TERRIORIST CERTIFICATE, which is so expensive that he spent 25
thousand dollars to acquire it, but unfortunately he died in a car accident, that was why Dr.David Williams has to deposit the consignment with a warehouse over there in Offshore and called us to informed us about what is happening.

Please I and my little sister sick for your help to get with the Diplomat so that he can be able to Deliever the Consignment to you.

Please, get to Dr.David Williams on time and get back to me through mail.I await your urgent response.
Thanks
God bless you
Prince calabi and Princess Jane Calabi,


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