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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:
  • ",000,000" (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.
  • mariellakremer_desiree@yahoo.es (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Mrs.Mariella Desiree Kremer <mariellakremer@myway.com>
Reply-To: mariellakremer_desiree@yahoo.es
Date: Fri, 06 Jul 2007 20:40:48 +0200
Subject: BUSINESS AFFAIRS


Caixa Catalunya
Avenida Diagonal Barcelona
Casp 01 Spain.

ATTN: Sir/Madam

RE: CREDIT OF $18,000,000.00 INTO YOUR ACCOUNT

I am Mrs. Mariella Desiree Kremer, the Controller Electronic Wire Department =
of Banco
(Caixa Catalunya in Spain). By the virtue of my position and authority in the =
bank,
I control the foreign payment Allocations of Foreign depositors, the =
instruments of
Multi-national Corporation and African Governments.

The crux of this mail is to intimate you of an existing opportunity to =
benefit from the ENRON windfall discretely and secretly. As you know, ENRON =
was the biggest American Energy Company that was worth several billions of =
dollars in cash and assets. However, it was declared bankrupt in the year =
2001 for failure to meet her financial obligations to investors. But before, =
the bankruptcy declaration was passed against ENRON; my office was able to =
secure the investment made by one of the African leaders (Late Mobutu =
Sesesekou) of the Congo Democratic Republic (Zaire).

The Late Sesesekou who died in Exile in Morocco in 1998 invested the sum of =
$18,000,000
(Eighteen Million United Stsates Dollars only) in ENRON through Caixa =
Catalunya (Barcelona)and placed the management of the investment directly =
under my office. When he died the investment was not reflected in his will =
since he died in exile under serious political pressure. When I understood =
that all the assets of the former African dictator were beingseized by the =
successive government of The Late Joseph Kabila.
I decided to apply to ENRON to withdraw the principal amount of the =
investment ($18m) and deposited it into Special Trust Account with my bank to =
avoid being detected by the government. This was completely achieved.

Now that ENRON has collapsed all the traces of the investment have been wiped =
out from our
system and theirs. Since there is neither a record of the previous =
investments in ENRON nor
the source of the funds, the sum of $18m has continued to remain in the Caixa =
Catalunya here
in Spain as a free, floating and redundant fund.

To avoid undue exposure of the availability of the sum, I have masterminded =
its movement into
a special vault within the bank where clean and approved funds awaiting to be =
paid are usually deposited.
Now I am soliciting your partnership in transferring the ownership of these =
funds to your organization. The modalities are that I willpresent you or your =
organization as the original beneficiary of the investmentfunds. This move is =
necessary because as long as the funds remain in Caixa Catalunya, nobody will =
benefit from it. It will be anothercase of lost investment in the world's =
prime banks.
Besides our bank has a policy of repatriating unclaimed funds to African =
foundation in USA where it is in turn used to ship arms and ammunition to =
Africa to fund wars which further destabilize the fragile continent. I =
personally consider this practice immoral and oppressive. This has actually =
motivated me to seek an alternative means of securing the funds under the =
name and investment of another reputable company.

The nature of your involvement will entail presenting your company or =
yourself as the beneficiary of these funds through an investment made by the =
late dictator in your company brokered by Caixa Catalunya =96Barcelona Spain. =

The details of how you will go about this will be given to you as soon as I =
receive your favourable response. In the mean time, I have concluded on a =
rewarding share of the entire
sum as your commission for your assistance.
I have arranged the necessary underground works to ensure that the funds is =
credited into your bank account within 14 banking days from the day we =
receive your favourable response.

Kindly contact me by my
e-mail (mariellakremer_desiree@yahoo.es) address to enable me furnish you =
with
the details.

Respond urgently.

Yours sincerely,
Mrs. Mariella Desiree Kremer.

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