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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:
  • "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)
  • ",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)
  • "00,000.00" (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)
  • "contact me immediately" (scammers rush victims so they don't have time to think properly)
  • "i have a new email address!" (this SPAM email was probably sent to thousands of people)
  • "sani abacha" (the name of a person or institution often appearing 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.
  • raymondmakins@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Raymond Makins <raymondmakins@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: raymondmakins@gmail.com
Date: Wed, 8 Oct 2008 09:01:33 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: URGENT REPLY NEEDED


I have a new email address!You can now email me at: raymondmakins@yahoo.com



- - FROM :RAYMOND MAKINS GLOBAL SAFETY HOUSE AND SECURITY SERVICES LIMITED ACCRA, GHANAPRIVATE GURANTEED BUSINESS PROPOSAL Dear SIR. I do hope this letter will not come to you as a surprise. It was borne out of my desire to share a mutual busines relationship with you. My name is RAMOND MAKINS, a Ghanaian National. I work as the Director of Claims at the , GLOBAL SAFETY HOUSE AND SECURITY SERVICES LIMITED., here in ACCRA- REPUBLIC OF GHANA GHANA.I got the information concerning you from the Ghana Chamber of Commerce, then i decided to contact you believing that , you will accept to be my partner in this business. Within this period, I have Watched with meticulous precision how African heads of states and Government functionaries have been using GLOBAL SAFETY HOUSE AND SECURITY SERVICES LIMITED., to move huge sums of money USD,British Pound Sterling, Euro in (Cash) to their foreign partners. They bring in these consignments of money cash and secretly declare the contents as Jewelries, Gold, Diamond, and precious Stones, Family Treasure,Documents etc. Late Gen. Sani Abacha of Nigeria , Late Mobutu Sese Seko of Zaire , Laurent Kabila of Congo Democratic Republic , FodaySankoy of Sierra-Leone. Gen. Ibrahim Babangida of Nigeria, the immediate past president of Nigeria, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo etc. All these people have hundreds of consignments deposited with our safety company. Their foreign partners, friends and relatives are claiming most of the consignments. A lot of them are lying here unclaimed for the past ten years. No body may ever come for them because in most cases, the certificates of deposit are never available to any body except the depositors, most of them now dead Sometime last year (2007), GLOBAL SAFETY HOUSE AND SECURITY SERVICES LIMITED. changed the procedure of claims of consignments. Now as soon as you are able to produce the secret information as contained in the secret file of any consignment, it will be released to you upon demand. From our records more than 120 consignments belonging to Gen. Abacha /Mobutu Sese Seko, have been claimed in the past six months. This is why I am soliciting for your co-operation and assistance. Late Gen Abacha has 25 consignments deposited with several names and codes. Six have been claimed in the past six months. Since he died, his first son also died in a plane crash, the second son is facing trial for murder and embezzlement, and the family members are under house arrest without communication. I have finished every arrangement for you to come and claim consignment tag No.1202BX containing US$ 10,000,000.00 and consignment tag No.1203BZ containing US$ 14,000,000.00. My duty is to supply you with all the required information and documents by e-mail phone and fax .You will deal directly with the management. The procedure is simple –You will apply officially to the Director of Claims of GLOBAL SAFETY HOUSE AND SECURITY SERVICES LIMITED, via the following security lines i will make avialable to you upon hearing from you,for the release of consignments No: 1202BX, and No: 1203BZ. They will demand some Documents and Secret codes. Call me I'll supply you with every detailed information and you will fax it to them.. As soon as they confirm it to be correct. They will invite you for the Collection. If you do not want to come to Accra, you can arrange with them to transfer the consignment to anywhere on agreement. No body will ever know, I am the only person involved in the deal except the Lawyer who will write an agreement for us. I'll suggest upon conclusion we share the cash 50-50. At the successful conclusion of the deal, you will arrange for me and my family to come over to your country. I assure you that this deal has been hatched for years now. It is very secured and 100% risk free.. Contact me immediately by E-mail For further explanation and directive on the procedure. God Bless You. RAYMOND MAKINS

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