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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 fake company names, fake addresses, non-existent institutions/documents or other details have appeared in scams before:
  • "diplomatic immunity"
• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "here in london united kingdom" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "diplomatic immunity" ("diplomats" who perform deliveries of cash or other valuables to you only exist in 419 scams)
  • "the diplomat " ("diplomats" who perform deliveries of cash or other valuables to you only exist in 419 scams)
  • "power of attorney" (with your bank details and a power of attorney form criminals sometimes empty bank accounts)
• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  
• Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.
• 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.
  • +447031921328 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)
• 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.
  • johnbucknor7@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "John Bucknor" <sirjohnbucknor8@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: johnbucknor14@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Tue, 17 Jan 2006 08:57:29 -0900
Subject: Dear Friend Greeting

Greetings

My name is Mr. John Bucknor.I am from an Oil rich community of Nigerian
state
called Bayalsa state. However, Pardon me for the mode that I have
chosen to
contact you via email. It's my pleasure to make this contact to you in
order
to build a long time relationship with you. This concerned a 100%
unique
business that involves some certain amount of money (Amount withheld) I
have
this money right now with me deposited here in London United Kingdom
with one
of the Security companies. In fact let me give you brief information
and my
reason of contacting you. I am the personal assistance to the Bayelsa
state
Governor, Chief Diep-reye Alamieyeseigha.

I came to London with him after a brief stop in Germany where he had
undergone a
cosmetic surgery on his stomach (surgery to flatten a protruding
stomach known
as Tommy tuck) to make some cash payment purchases of two houses with
my boss.
Unfortunately, things did not work as planned heby my boss before he
was
arrested by some security agents with some certain amount of money
(Cash) found
in his brief case while some were also in my brief. You can find the
complete of
the story on (http://www.thisdayonline.com/nview.php?id=28530) this day
News
paper of Nigeria. Immediately I noticed the problem, I shifted away
from the
scene of the incident and finally was lucky to leave the airport
undetected.

When I got to my hotel, I packaged the money very well in a box and
took it to
the security company that we have been doing business with in the past
and
deposited it with them as personal effects and instruct them that I
will get
back to them at a latter date, then I will give them information on
whom to
release the consignment to. That i will also issue a Power of Attorney
that
will prove that the person is from me,hence i contacted you to assist
me
receive this consignment on my behalf.

This is purely diplomatic arrangement I told them that every
communication
should be very confidential to avoid violating Government classified
information being exposed to unconcerned quarters. Because of the
embargo by
U.S Government regarding Terrorist treats all over the world.

The arrangement according to them will be as follows:

The Diplomat will carry the money as United Nation diplomatic Relieve
consignments, so that it will cross Airport hence the content will
never be
seen at different Airport Transit because of the Diplomatic
immunity/coding on
the money, Also to avoid Camera detection until they get to your place.
Prior
to the lifting of the consignment The Company said that they would sign
an
Agreement that it will be covered by the Diplomatic Immunity.

Immediately the consignment gets there all you need to do is to meet
the
Diplomat and clear the consignment and communicate me. On receipt of
the cargo,
you will pay the money in on install mental basis into your account
because you
cannot carry such cash to bank in full. Kindly let us hear from you if
this
arrangement is acceptable to you so that i will let you know how much
that is
involved and to enable us start preparing the covering Documents on
your
behalf.Pls, always reply through this email address;
johnbucknor7@yahoo.co.uk

I need from you the followings:

(1)Your full names
(2)Your Address
(3)Your Age
(4)Your occupation
(5)Your telephone

Awaiting your response

Sir John Bucknor

+447031921328

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