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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:
  • "i will like you to " (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "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)
  • "await your urgent response" (they are rushing you so you don't have time to think properly)
  • "the diplomat " ("diplomats" who perform deliveries of cash or other valuables to you only exist in 419 scams)
• This email message is a next of kin scam.
• 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.
  • johnkalabi@webmail.co.za (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: john kalabi <john@johnkalabi63.orangehome.co.uk>
Date: Sat, 27 Jan 2007 19:21:34 +0100 (CET)
Subject: urgent assistance


PLEASE I want to crave your indulgence in reading through this mail to understand my predicament. My name is John Kalabi and my younger sister is Sarah Kalabi from Sierra Leone , who is currently residing here in Accra-Ghana. All hope of having a better future was shattered by the war in Sierra Leone , I and my sister being the only surviving family of a gold merchant in Sierra Leone will were left with no alternative than to flee to Ghana . Please I am contacting you to assist me and my sister to retrieve and receive our consignment over there in American that contains 15million United States dollars and some quantity of gold and Diamond, which I cannot specify. The consignment is presently in American. The consignments get to the state through the help of Dr Clinton komelo. The fact is that Dr Clinton Komelo is supposed to have delivered the consignment to a man called Mr. STUD BAKER in American. The week Dr Clinton Komelo is suppose to deliver the consignment to him, when he got to American after clearing the consignment from the Airport, he call Mr. Stud Baker to tell him the description to is house for the delivery, but is wife answered the call and told Dr Clinton Komelo that her husband Mr. Stud Baker hard a fatal car accident which lead to his death some few hours later. Mr. Stud Baker has already paid the demurrages from the security company, he paid for Bullion van that took the consignment to the airport and he paid for custom check report he also assisted us in getting the DRUG / ANTI TERRIORIST CERTIFICATE, which is so expensive that he spent 25 thousand united state dollars to acquire it, but unfortunately he died in a car accident, that was why Dr Clinton Komelo has to deposit the consignment with a warehouse over there in American and called us to informed us about what is happening, and told us to look for a new beneficiary to received the consignment. So please I will like you to assist I and my sister to received the consignment from the diplomat in American.

I await your urgent response.

Thanks and God bless you

John & Sarah Kalabi.
Note:Please you can kindly reach me and my younger sister sarah kalabi with this email conatct:johnkalabi@webmail.co.za

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