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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 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:
  • "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)
• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  

Fraud email example:

From: David Duke <d_duke06@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Thu, 22 Jun 2006 05:41:01 +0100 (BST)
Subject: GET BACK TO ME



Dear VICTIMNAME,
Good to receive your mail,all logistic will be taking care by me in my country,have it in mind that the money will be transported through diplomatic flight down to your country as soon as the flight arrived in your country,the diplomat who convey the consignment will contact you so as in inform about his arrival,before the consignment could be delivered to you at your door step.

The said amount of money is inside boxes called consignment,although the diplomat does not know the content of the consignment,the consignment was decleard as GOVERNMENT CLASSIFIED DOCUMENT,As a result of that there will be no checking because the consignment is covered with diplomatic immunity.

You are going to pay some fees to the diplomat as soon as he arrived in your country,the fees that you are going to send across to him will be use to clear the consignment through customs before the delivery could take place to your door step,get back to me.please let me have your full name and cell phone number for better communication

COUNT ON ME,TRUST ME.

Thanks and God bless
David Duke.


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