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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:
  • "trunk box" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "trunk boxes" (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.
  • global_sec@deliveryman.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Speedy & De Rock& LovieDovie flyinghigh" <flyinghigh2006@hotmail.com>
Date: Sat, 09 Jun 2007 01:36:08 +0000
Subject: Sending you an attachment

I am sending you an attachment which was sent to me by a woman who wants me
to help her move some $30,000,000.00 which belonged to her husband.

Please reply to me.


Hello My Dearest,
Goodday and i am very happy to read from you my dear please i will want
you to contact the security company now with your full name house address
and you contact telephone numbers then you can ask them about the process to
bring the 2 trunk boxes to your house address as i have also mailed them
telling them that you are my foriegn partner who the trunk boxes should
release and Ship to your House addess in your Country Please my dearest
remember that on no situation should you let the Security Company to know
about the Content of the trunk boxes as i told them durring the time i
deposited the trunk boxes that the content of the 2 trunk boxes is Family
Valuables please this is for the Security reasons of the money and i have
attached my Philippinw International Passport through this mail so that you
will also use it to write to the security company immediately i will be
waiting to hear from you after you have contacted the Security Company to
know your discussions with them.
This is the security company contact information as you can see in the
deposit documents that i will send to you later after i will recieve your
informations.
Name of the Director: Dr.Stanley Kone
Company Telephone: +22509238944
Company Fax number: +22522428178
Company Emailaddress: global_sec@deliveryman.com

Thanks and i wait to hear from you urgently

Yours faithfully

Mrs Alice.

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