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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:
  • "from the desk of" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "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)
  • "lagos" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
• 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.
  • john1.bechnker@yahoo.es

Fraud email example:

From: john <johnson7_atmd@yahoo.es>
Reply-To: moli_atmd1@yahoo.com
Date: Thu, 3 Jan 2008 10:07:47 +0100 (CET)
Subject: GET BACK TO ME


From the Desk of John Decker
Federal Ministry of Finance
103 Walter Carrington road,
Lagos-Nigeria.


CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION
Dear,
My name is John Decker, I work with the Federal Ministry of Finance in Nigeria, and I have seen that several times people tried to divert your funds into their own personal account I mean those you call your partner in Nigeria and London.
Now I write to you in respect of the amount which I have been able to send to you through the Federal Government Diplomat who has arrived in EUROPE, now I want you to know that the diplomat would deliver the funds which I have package as a diplomatic compensation to you and the amount in the consignment is $6,000.000.00 (Six Million U.S. Dollars Only).
To this end, I did not disclose the content to the diplomat that the box contain money but I told him that it is your compensation from the Government House here in Nigeria and from our affiliate in London, I want you to know that this funds would help your financial status as I have seen in record in London and here in Nigeria that you have spent a lot trying to receive these funds. I am not demanding so much from you but Just 20% of the funds and after this I shall proceed in helping you to collect the total amount.
Get back to me immediately Email: john1.bechnker@yahoo.es you receive this message so that I can give you the contact information of the diplomat who has arrived in EUROPE for the past two days and have been waiting to get your information so that he can proceed with the delivery to your doorstep.
Yours Sincerely,
John Decker
Federal Ministry of Finance.



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