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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:
  • "the 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)
  • "million pounds" (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)
  • "diplomatic immunity" ("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: Gilberto Lawrence <gilbertolawrenceml@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: roy300@myway.com
Date: Mon, 21 Jan 2008 15:34:11 -0800 (PST)
Subject: THIS IS URGENT




BARCLAYS BANK PLC.
CLAPHAM JUNCTION BRANCH,
7 ST JOHNS HILL,
SW 11 1 TN, LONDON
WWW.barclaysbank.co.uk





Dear Sir,

I am Mr Gilberto Lawrence a consultant agent to Barclays Bank Plc London, I have a lucrative business I want to share with you. I am involved in distributing,buying of stocks
and channeling of contractors funds And consignment direct to their countries of destination.

There is a secrete arrangement involved in the shipment of these consignment of funds containing 14MILLION POUNDS which usually indicated (PCC) privilege confidential consignment with special diplomatic immunity. I have concluded modalities of operation and your name will be listed by my Colleague who is the Foreign Payment officer as the rightful beneficiary of the consignment and it will be deliver direct to you without further delay and without any complications. I will provide you with all the information and code reference of the consignment to claim and receive the consignment upon arrival in your country.

I will come to your country immediately you receive the consignment to invest the funds in your country and we will disburse the funds among ourselves depending on what
we will decide.Please if this arrangement is ok by you, kindly email me back so that we can discuss further on how the package will be delivered to you.

Yours Faithfully
Mr Gilberto Lawrence


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