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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:
  • "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)
• 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.
  • aget_mark10@hotmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Mr Davis"<adedaviss_123@yahoo.cn>
Reply-To: <aget_mark10@hotmail.com>
Date: Sat, 11 Jul 2009 22:53:09 +0100
Subject: CONTACT MR. MARK ANTHONY THE AGENT..VERY URGENT

Customers Service Hours--Monday to Saturday:
Office Hours Monday to Saturday:
Your Consignment




Dearest ,




We are happy to inform you that your Consignment Package is among the 24 packages listed for immediate dispatch has arrived your country which I want you to know that the Diplomat Agent is now in your Country with your Fund inside the BOX and please for your own good do not let the Diplomat know the contain of the Box ok.here is is the Information he gave to me he is now in USA, Bradley International Airport Connecticut CT. (BDL)..


In the BOX is your FUND, Please do not inform the diplomat what is inside the box because I would want him to run with the fund in the box I told him that the BOX contain some VITAL document so do not disclose the contain of the box to him but rather tell him it contain your Documents ok here is the diplomat contact below.


CONTACT MR. MARK ANTHONY THE AGENT


NAME: MR. MARK ANTHONY
Tel Phone: 203-202-3273
Email: aget_mark10@hotmail.com


Kindly Re-confirm the Dispatch Information for the Delivery by providing the Information with ID stated Below:


Full Name;........
Home Address;........
Country;......
Telephone:........

I wait to hear from you quickly because the information you sent previously was the one given to the diplomat he is now in USA, Bradley International Airport Connecticut CT. (BDL)..


Agent Ade Davis

Anti-fraud resources:

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