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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 phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "dear sir/madam" (a standard Nigerian greeting phrase)
  • "huge amount of money" (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)
  • "god fearing " (scammers in West Africa like to use religious phrases)
• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  
• 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.
  • emekambonu@whipmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: DR EMEKA MBONU <emeka_mbonus@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: emekambonu@whipmail.com
Date: Mon, 25 Feb 2008 21:11:05 +0100
Subject: I NEED YOUR URGENT REPLY


Kind Attn : Dear Sir/Madam,

My name is Dr Emeka Mbonu I work as a Banker in Credit & Suisse Bank P.L.C =
Burkinafaso in West Africa.

My Intention of contacting you is this, I want to do a bussinness proposal =
with you which both of us will gain from it after the proposal.

I have a huge amount of money ( $ 5.6)Millions Dollars which I wanted to =
invest outside of my country in any Good Bussinness Investment.

But do to we don=92t have any Internation Transfer Transaction out from my =
country to outside countrys which I wanted to use before,that is why I =
contact you so that we can do it in this way if you can help me.

A friend of mine which is an a Medical Doctor advised me the way which he =
use in sending a big money out to outside Europe Country. Which is from =
Africa to outside Europe through One Company,Diplomatic Coreo Services which =
their Office is in Madrid Spain.

And he has esplained everything to me,the way I should do it, how i will =
package this money that it will be in a box with a locked key, That i will =
tell them that I want to send it to a friend, And I will let them know that =
the contents is a Family Consignment which i want to send out.

Even I have went to this peoples office here in my city to make some =
inquirement, and get more information about how they delivered things out and =
which is with assured and guarantee.

So now what I need is a God Fearing & Trusted Person who will recived this =
money on his behalf, who will go to their office in Madrid Spain to Claim =
this Box out first for me and secured it very well before livivng my Office =
to meet you in your Country for an Investment with my money.

But when you will go to their office to claim this box out dont let them know =
that it contains money inside so that they will not take any Cents from it.
But now I want if you can prove to me that I can trust you that you are a =
God Trusted One, Which can be able to rely on our Agreement which is the most =
important thing.

When this box get to you and I visit you, I will like to do an Estate =
Investment, But if you know any other bussinness which i will invest this =
money on which i will gain more money in your country then you will show me =
when i meet you in your country.
And I have decided to give you 10%(Ten Persent) of the total money as a =
compasation after which I have get to your country.

But first I want you to prove to me that you are a Good Citizen & Trusted =
one which I can trust before I can do anything with you. Because this money =
is my last hope and I don=92t want anything to happen with it.

But before we can do anything on this proposal, if your interested on this =
Bussinness, you have to send me your Full Information E-x Full Names : =
Adress : and Tele/Fax : because i will put your Names in the form which i =
will fill in the Diplomatic office here in my country as the person which i =
wanted them to come and claim this box out for me,which am sending it on his =
behalf. then i will fax you the Deposit form which you have to present to =
their office in Madrid Spain before they will Reallease this Box to you ok. =


Remember i will inform them that your name which I fill in the form that you =
are the person who will come for the claim of my consignment at their office =
in Madrid Spain.

You can contact me through this my private E-mail Adrees Below if your ok =
with my Bussinness proposal.

Yours Sincerely,
Dr Emeka Mbonu
E-mail : emekambonu@whipmail.com

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