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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)
  • "trunk box" (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)
• 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.
  • +447024077490 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)

Fraud email example:

From: DR BEN NICOLAS <drbennicolas_4@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: gurantee_dip_trustsecu@yahoo.com
Date: Sat, 29 Sep 2007 16:39:36 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: EMERGENCY


Hello Dear ,

how are you and your family?dont be suprised to receive this mail from me is truth we have not met before or known any how.i came across your contact from investors online yellow book then i decided to contact you as an experienced person in business.

I am director of gurantee trust securities,this is been my tweenty five year in services. as it stands now,i have only but two month to be off from my office.i am getting retired on 30th of december 2007 this year.so i want to have a deal with you if only you will be honesty and trustworthy person to me.this business i want to share with you will make us rich and i want you to keep it secretly.

I discovered one trunk box valued at $9.6million usd deposited in my security company and this consignment have been there for ten years now still no one have come over to claim it.
i investigated and find out that it was belong to one man named mr Teko Dede and this man is dead.

So rigth now i want to do change of ownership on your name so that we can team up together and claim out the fund box and shared it equally,i will represent you as the next of kin to the late man.

So rigth now i will arrange with the company diplomat on how to deliever the consignment directly to you in your door post in your country.

All i need from you is trust and you promised me that you will not sit on this fund when ever it gets to your care and you will keep my share until i retired and come over for my share collection in your country and help me in investing it properly.

Because of my position in the company i want you to make sure you keep this transaction secretly so that i will not have any problem with my company and for the safety of this business.

Immediately i got your interest in this transaction i will make arrangement immediately so that the diplomat will move base on your quick response.

I wait to hear from you as soon as possible.
thanks for your coperate.

Dr Ben Nicolas
Gts Director.
+44702-407-7490



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