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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:
  • "transfer into your account" (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)
  • "million 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)
• 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.
  • tmfconsultancy@hotmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "tmfconsultant thomas martins" <tmfconsultant@hotmail.com>
Date: Fri, 29 Sep 2006 18:27:59 -0500
Subject: RE:FINAL RELEASE OF OUTSTANDING PAYMENT

RE:FINAL RELEASE OF OUTSTANDING PAYMENT

Attn: Sir / Madam,

Reference to your outstanding fund wire transfer, I am highly disturbed with
the predicaments and unhealthy circumstances surrounding delays and
hinderances in the final release of your fund into your account or payment
of the fund to you , hence using this opportunity to assure you that this
transaction is already a success. Now we have to build up an enormous
confidence and trust in each other so that we can successfully archieve the
aim of the fund release exercise with final conclussion of an arrangement
with a financial consultant Thomas Martins who specializes on international
fund wire transfer.

Introduction of TMF CONSULTANCY in this transaction was based on the Central
Bank Board of Directors understanding and recommendation of monetary policy
which was introduced in all international fund wire transfer transaction
exceeding $1 million United States Dollars.

And also the way your payment procedure was being handled in an unusual
pattern in the past and present, which gave the avenue for fallacies and
bogus promises that made it totally impossible for any payment to be
effected by any financial institution in any part of the world.The fallacies
and bogus promises are merely used as blackmail and thereby extorting money
from you. All these contributed to making it impossible for you to receive
your fund.

You will agree with me that there has been large scale document pilferage,
procedural bottle necks and diversions of documents sub-versions, procedural
hijacking through fraudulent manipulations, all meant to divert your
attention by frustrating you out of patience for possible diversion of your
payment to other accounts.

Based on above enumerated facts, your funds have been recalled back by order
of Central Bank under the supervision of the World Bank External Auditors
and all payments with proofs should be handled henceforth by Financial
Consultant for all transactions above $1 million.

Based on this, you are lucky to be one of the beneficiaries that will
benefit from this payment reschedulled procedural pattern through the
financial consultant TMF CONSULTANCY . All your payment files were
transferred to TMF CONSULTANCY for immediate release of your fund into your
account designate that will be reconfirmed by you via our corresponding bank
in New York ,USA with a certified and authenticated certificate from The
Treasury Dept of the Homeland security to justify the genuiness and
eligibilty of the fund as against Anti Terrorist activities.

Thomas Martins of TMF CONSULTANCY may be contacting you with the full
details of the transfer into your account designate. You are advised to
abide to the instructions that will be issued to you by TMF CONSULTANCY to
enable your fund to be released immediately and accordingly.

You can also contact TMF CONSULTANCY on this email address:
tmfconsultancy@hotmail.com for urgent attention.

You are advised to forward all documents and mails / letters you received
from the inception of the transaction till date for proper administrative
scutining and verification to TMF CONSULTANCY and reconfirm your receiving
bank details and personal information for normal identification and security
reasons to avoid your fund being transferred into a non bonafide
beneficiary.

Thomas Martins

TMF CONSULTANCY

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