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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:
  • "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)
  • "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)
  • "trunk box" (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)
  • "liberia" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
• 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.
  • ij00001@yahoo.com.hk

Fraud email example:

From: "James Isaac" <ij00002@student.com>
Date: Thu, 5 Jun 2008 15:06:06 +0100
Subject: Hi


I need your consent to assist me and recieve my deposited commission by
cargo fourty five million five hundered thousand dollars {$45.5m}only. i
got from
crude oil bunkry deal on the sea shores of Nigeria and Liberia teritory.

I am looking for an over sea counterpat because we as civil servernt in
Nigeria
are probihited by code of conduct civil service law from opperating or
opening a foreign accounts on our names and not to keep huge amount of money
in our homes.

I have set aside a specific amount for expenses that may occure in the cause
of delivering the money to you in your country by cargo through the company
consultants that will convey the consignment to you in your country as
diplomats.

Send your full names ,contact addres and personal informations, your country
name private phone and fax for easy and quick comminications, i shall
compensate you with 10% after the whole deal, and you are to help me to
exterblish with my own share in your country and to guide me on areas of
lucrative buisness ventuers.

All documentations will be legally and officially prepared and processed
with your name and informations, NO RISK IS INVOLVED.

We are to seek and contact an attorney that will prepare the necessary
documents for the legitimacy and legality of the consignment on your behalf
as the bonofied beneficiary of the fund, he will fill in and sign for
claims on
your behalf and secure approval and letter of probate for the certificate of
deposite and change of ownnership in
your favour to moove the fund to your designated address suitable for you
and your safty.

After this , i have to come to you in person for us to sit together and
share the money, but mean while iam only telling you the content of the box
, the company does not know of it's contents, because as soon as you give me
order to proceed iam going to register it as a FAMILY TRUNK BOX containgin
gold and other valuable items.

YOURS TRUELY,

Isaac James.
reply via, ij00001@yahoo.com.hk

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