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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:
  • "dear sir/madam" (a standard Nigerian greeting phrase)
  • "hundred thousand 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)
• 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.
  • +6687324812 (Thailand, probably a mobile phone)
• 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.
  • mrvictorwilliams@net.hr (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "mrvicwilliams@terra.es" <mrvicwilliams@terra.es>
Date: Mon, 30 Jul 2007 21:29:02 +0200 (MEST)
Subject: Urgent Response



From Mr.Victor Williams.
TELEPHONE:+668-732-4812
FAX NUMBER:66-130-9671
Email: mrvictorwilliams@net.hr
56/74 M.Thanawan, Phaholyothin52,
Bangkok, Thailand.


Dear Sir/Madam,
Greetings to you,


With warm heart I offer my friendship and greetings, and I hope this mail meets you in good time. However strange or

surprising this contact might seem to you as we have not met personally or had any dealings in the past, I humbly ask that

you take due consideration of its importance and the immense benefit it will be to you. After careful consideration with The

Benefactor we resolved to contact you for your most needed assistance in this manner, as I make this proposal to you as a

person of high integrity.


We are Diplomatic Corp that holds special and valuable consignments for reputable clients that are honest and trustworthy. We

work in collaboration with top firms all over the world as we have earned a name as a service whose hallmarks in reliability

and confidentiality are revered.

International missions, Diplomats, Embassies of the world have used our services to satisfaction. A benefactor has mandated

me to get someone that can assist her and her family in retrieving her package containing some amount of money from a

Diplomatic Corp in THAILAND.

The benefactor and her children have been confined only to their country home and all their calls and movements are

monitored, as a result, its absoultely impossible for them to do anything as regards retrieving the money. Their only means

of communication is via internet and you are being contacted because your assistance is needed in claiming the funds on their

behalf.

The amount was accrued from Diamond sales over a period of six years and its USD75M (Seventy Five Million U.S Dollars). These

funds are fully free of any liens, or encumbrances and are clean, clear and has no criminal origin.

The funds have nothing to do with any form of illegality and all documentations needed to prove the source of the funds were

submitted when the funds were being deposited and these documents would prove the source of the funds and authenticate the

fact that the funds are clean and has no links whatsoever with either drugs or terrorism.

For your assistance in this transaction, the benefactor and her Children has agreed to give you 30% of the total amount of

money which is equivalent to US$22.5 Million (Twenty Two Million, Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars) and this role

simply entails retrieving the funds on their behalf from the Diplomats in THAILAND and all the information needed to claim

the funds would be sent to you as soon as you indicate your interest in assisting them as well as providing the following

information to facilitate the smooth conclusion of the transaction.

1) Your Full Name:
2) Your Address:
3) Your Telephone Number:
4) Your Fax Number:
5) Your Mobile Number:
6) The Name of the Closest Airport to your City of Residence:
7) Your Age:

You can contact me for more details through this Email: mrvictorwilliams@net.hr

Mr.Victor Williams.






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