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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 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:
  • "hundred thousand united states dollars" (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)
  • "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.
  • +447011121293 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)
• 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.
  • frankdavids@mixmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
  • frankdaivds@mixmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "REVD FR.FRANK DAVIDS" <unowbf@yahoo.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: frankdaivds@mixmail.com
Date: Thu, 7 Sep 2006 03:21:00 +0000
Subject: YOUR PENYING PAYMENT

OFFICE OF REVD FR.FRANK DAVIDS
DIRECTOR SPECIAL DUTIES, UNITED NATIONS ORGANISATION
IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
WORLD BANK FACT-FINDING & SPECIAL DUTIES OFFICE
LONDON , UNITED KINGDOM .
TEL: +447011121293
EMAIL: frankdavids@mixmail.com

The Beneficiary,
I am Revd. Fr. Frank Daivds, a senior staff with the World Bank
fact finding
& special duties office. I am writing you this letter based on the
fact that cool
penny is better than millions of dollars,means it's better for one
to live and die
poor honest man than a rich dishonest one.
I and the Chief security officer (CSO) of this organization have
arranged with
an officer in the computer section Engineer Peter Cliff to bring out
part of your
total pending payment with reference number (LM-05-371) amounting to
US$10 million. Why we did this is because according to information
gathered
from the banks security computer, you have been waiting for a long
time to
receive this payment without success. As I found out that you have
almost
met all the statutory requirements in respect of your pending
payment.
The problem we feel you are having is that of interest groups. A lot
of people
are interested in your payment and those people are merely doing
paper works
with you and that explains why you receive different kinds of untrue
email and
phone messages from different people everyday. For security reasons
you do
not have to tell anybody that your have your payment on the way
until the
payment gets to you.
The said payment is been arranged in a security-proof box weighing
75kg.
In order to get this box shipped to you I and the (CSO) Yesterday
went to
four courier companies Dhl, Ems, FedEx and Ups to make arrangements
on how to get the box shipped to you by courier, but to no avail the
above
courier companies all made us to understand that they will have to
open the
box for inspection by the customs before shipment. This is something
we want
to avoid because this box is been padded with synthetic nylon and to
open it
you will have to cut the pad before you will meet the button that
you will press
to open the dial code-lock. There is no way you can open the box and
be able
to close it again because it was padded with machine. We told the
courier
services that the box contained film materials and when open will
spoil the
materials. N: B we did not declare money because courier does not
carry money.
Today a friend of mine who is diplomat disclosed to me that there is
a security
courier service company that is specialized in sending diplomatic
materials and
information from one country to another, which also has diplomatic
immunity and
consignment such as this, cannot be checked by any customs anywhere
in the
world. I have therefore met the official of the security courier
service and concluded shipping arrangement with them, which they
will commence as soon as I have your go ahead order.
The diplomat who will be bringing this consignment to you. He is an
expert and has
been in this line of work for many years now so we have Nothing to
worry about.
After all arrangements we have concluded that you must donate Five
Hundred
Thousand United States dollars (US$500,000.00) to any charity
organization I
designate as soon as you receive your money. To this effect, you
will send to
us a promissory note for the donation along with your address where
you will like
the box to be delivered by courier. Please maintain topmost secrecy
as it may
cause a lot of problems if found out that we are using this way to
help you.
You are advised not to inform anyone about this until you received
your money.
Am helping you on this because something in me is tells me that you
are a honest person. When you conclude this and you send our
promise, we will help to ship the final part of your money to you.
May God be with you as i wait for your response through this
Email: frankdaivds@mixmail.com. Feel free to call me if you will like us
to discuses more on +447011121293.
Yours Faithfully
Revd. Fr. Frank Daivds
Director, Special Duties. UNO/WBF

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