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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:
  • "the consignment " (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)
  • "the diplomat " ("diplomats" who perform deliveries of cash or other valuables to you only exist in 419 scams)
  • "a 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.
  • +447031970557 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)
  • +448701343443 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)

Fraud email example:

From: Michael Larson <mrlarson01@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: <miklar2007@yahoo.co.jp>
Date: Sat, 2 Jun 2007 11:11:21 -0400
Subject: Good Day (From: Mr. Michael in UK).



Greetings,

My name is Michael Larson, the Managing Director of Trident Oil, a multi-national corporation operating in London, England. I am seeking your assistance to retrieve the sum of Fourteen Million Four Hundred Thousand Dollars consisting of two consignment boxes.

This money was acquired from the company and it was accompanied by a diplomat to the U.S.A where it is at the moment, my reason for this is because I have been cheated out of my entitlements by the company for far too long simply because I am not a British. The contact details of the diplomat will be given to you if you indicate your interest to help me. Each of the boxes contains $7.2M and for your help I am ready to release 30% to you, for security reasons the consignment was registered to be CONFIDENTIAL DIPLOMATIC DOCUMENTS which I will explain to you why.

Bear in mind that the diplomat is not aware of the content of the consignment, it has been there for the past 1 month where I'm looking for a reliable partner.

I will be leaving the country immediately you collect the consignment and I have vowed never to step back into England. Please, I need your urgent response before my plans to leave the company is discovered.
Right now the safest form of correspondence is through my own e-mail address, please in the interest of confidentiality only reply through my direct email address. Reply along with your personal telephone and fax number where I can reach you.

You can call me now on +44 703 197 0557.

Please if you are not interested kindly delete this message from your mail box and pretend you never got it.

Best regards,

Michael Larson.

Trident Oil Corporation.London, England.Tel: +44 703 197 0557Fax: +44 870 134 3443
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