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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:
  • "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.
  
• This email lists mobile phone numbers. Use of such numbers is typical for scams because they allow criminals to conceal their true location. They can receive calls in an Internet cafe from where they send you emails, while pretending to be in some office.
  • +34606840303 (Spain, prepaid mobile phone)
• 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.
  • jmwdiplomatic@diplomats.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Patrick Zuma" <sarb@galmail.co.za>
Date: Mon, 30 Jan 2006 12:05:27 +0200
Subject: VERY URGENT CONTACT IN NEED FROM YOU


Dear Mr.Hoffer

Sir.


I received all your insortive latter with many thanks and
regards.
Well why I never come back to you ever since is due to I am
working with one of the security company here to make the
transfer of your fund through their diplomatic mean as a
family treasure (Document) just for the security reason of
the fund. And please note that the diplomat does not know
that content of the consignment.
Why I am doing this is to show you that all finger are not
equal as can see on your mails and I have seen you as a
very good man that understand thing of life and want to
know all about life that is why I an doing this for you
just for you to have this your fund in your position.

Please, as you can see on the airway bill, I have spent a
lot of money to see that this fund move out from here to
Spain from Spain to your country in which you want them to
deliver this consignment. Please when contacting them,
never allow them to know that this consignment is money as
you can see that I make it in the of family treasure
Document.
I will advise you to contact this security company as soon
as you receive this mail just to know if you consignment
have arrive in their position, if yes, please ask them what
is need to see that the consignment get into your house
without any problem.

The security company that I use from here.

Name: Alert Security Company
You can contact them through their web site:
http://alertsecuritycompany.com
Please note that the security company in Spain is their
corresponding branch because they do not have any of their
branch office in your country, From Spain they will use
their diplomat to do the delivery of your consignment
according to them.
With this they advise you to contact their branch office in
Spain to know if the consignment have arrive.
With the following contact information.
Please note that the airway bill, which show that the
consignment has move out of here is attached to this
message

JM CORPORATE DIPLOMATIC SECURITIES. MADRID-SPAIN.
EMAIL:jmwdiplomatic@diplomats.com
AND jmcorpsec@personalmanager.com
TEL:+34-606-840-303
TEL/FAX: +34-912-725-109
CONTACT PERSON: WILLIAMS P. ALBERTO

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