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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)
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Fraud email example:

From: rachelle ouma <rachelle_ouma@yahoo.fr>
Date: Mon, 14 Aug 2006 13:20:58 +0200 (CEST)
Subject: RE : Re: Great the Box is in your country now.


Dear servant of God,

There is nothing you can do in this regard than to aid the diplomat in paying for the charges at the airport as he requested before the consignment can get to your residence or point of collection. This will help him to avoid inspecting the box in question and to avoid your government confisicating the funds as the content of the box was not made known to them.

Plz do not aloow the box to be inspected or we loose the box. The diplomate as he told me spent all his fees in the hotel you can not even think about all these things? or if you don't to recieve the box tell the security company so that they will take back the consignment to their care and am afraid what will happen next.

looking forward hearing from you after collecting the box plz.

madam Rachelle.



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