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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:
  • "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: Mrs Kimberly Jennifer <mrskimberlyjennif@yahoo.com>
Date: Thu, 24 Aug 2006 05:31:12 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: Always let me know


Dear beloved friend,

Greetings to you in the name of the Lord.

Mr Smith told me today that their diplomat have problem with the customs over there.Please i have to plead with you that,you should try the best within your capacity to let them get the consignment out because i don't want anything to happen to the consignment,and if the diplomat gets to know the content of the consignment,they migth run away with the consignment.Please do something fast before they find out the content.

Thanks,
Mrs Kimberly.












Pastor Robert Ised <pastorised@googlemail.com> wrote:It seems the diplomats are stuck at an airport in South Carolina but have a mobile phone number that is for mainland China. I think we are being misled. Mr Steg Smith at the security company can contact them but they cannot communicate with me, though why they need to do so is beyond me. They know where we are in Alabama. I have been awaiting their much delayed arrival for several days now.

Pastor Robert Ised

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