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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:
  • "diplomatic courier" ("diplomats" who perform deliveries of cash or other valuables to you only exist in 419 scams)
  • "liberia" (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.
  

Fraud email example:

From: "paul robert" <paulrobert45@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: paulrobert45@yahoo.com
Date: Fri, 07 Oct 2005 16:06:22 -0400
Subject: please is very urgent.

ATTENTION.

I AM ( MR,PAUL ROBERT) THE SECRETARY TO THE DIPLOMATIC COURIER
SERVICE,IN UK LONDON , IN OUR WHAREHOUSE I DISCOVERED THAT TWO OF THE
CONSIGNMENT HAS NOT BEEN CLEARED SINCE, IN THE CAUSE OF TRYING TO KNOW WHAT
IT IS ALL ABOUT I OPENED THE BOX AND DISCOVERED WHAT I CAN NOT BELIEVE WITH
MY EYES IT WAS FUND.



AND I DECIDED TO SNAP IT PICTURE AS MY EVIDENCE OF PROOF,AT THE END OF THIS
FINDINGS I CLOSED IT UP AND WENT FOR THE FILE IN OTHER TO KNOW THE OWNER OF
THE BOX ,WHILE SECURING PROOF TO MY SELF I BOUGHT A NEW
KEY AND LOCK IT BACK, REASON IN OTHER TO BLOCK FURTHER INTERFERENCE TO THE
BOX, IN THE FILE WAS LATE (MR, SAMUEL DOE) FORMER PRESIDENT OF LIBERIA WAS
FOUND AS THE OWNER OF THE FUND, AMOUNT ($30 MILLION U.S DOLLARS),EACH BOX IS
CONTAINING $15 MILLION DOLLARS, AND OUR COMPANY DID NOT KNOW WHAT IS INSIDE
THE BOX. BECAUSE WE ARE NOT STORING MONEY HEAR IN OUR COMPANY.



SO I AM SOLICITING FOR YOUR ASSISTANCE TO HELP ME CLAIM THIS FUND IN YOUR
COUNTRY BECAUSE I WILL WORK ON THIS BUSINESS SO THAT OUR OFFICIALS WILL
BRING THIS CONSIGNMENT TO YOUR COUNTRY FOR YOU TO CLEAR IT. SO NO PROBLEM.



IF I CAN TRUST YOU AND YOU ARE READY TO DO THIS BUSINESS WITH ME SEND THE
FOLLOWING DETAILS: YOUR NAME AND YOUR DIRECT TELEPHONE NUMBER, SO THAT I
WILL USE IT TO RENEW THE DOCUMENT OF THE BOX AS THE OWNER OF THE BOX.

SHARING PARTERN 30% FOR YOU 60% FOR ME WHILE 10% IS FOR ANY MONEY BOTH OF US
SPEND ON THIS BUSINESS.

FOR MORE INFORMATION CALL ME WITH MY PHONE NUMBER: 44-703-191-4428.


I EXPECT YOUR IMMEDIATE RESPONSE.


GOD BLESS.

MR,PAUL ROBERT.

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