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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 fake company names, fake addresses, non-existent institutions/documents or other details have appeared in scams before:
  • "diplomatic delivery"
• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "dear friend" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "trunk box" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "diplomatic delivery" ("diplomats" who perform deliveries of cash or other valuables to you only exist in 419 scams)
  • "diplomatic courier" ("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.
  

Fraud email example:

From: =?us-ascii?Q?mabacha1=20mohammed?= <mabacha1@seznam.cz>
Date: Wed, 31 Jan 2007 15:16:16 +0100 (CET)
Subject: =?us-ascii?Q?PLEASE=20CONFORM=20MY=20MAIL?=

FROM :ALHAJI MOHAMMED ABACHA
2/8 GIDADO DRIVE,
G.R.A. KANO-STATE,
NIGERIA .
DATE: 30-01-2007.

Dear Friend,
Sequel to an arrangement in regards to the shipment of
our family Funds for safe keeping and investment, I
wish to inform you that all necessary modalities have
been concluded and the funds have left for Madrid Spain last week by Express Cargo Flight (Diplomatic
Delivery Agent). Note carefully the content of the
crates is money and all in U.S Dollar Cash (the exact
Amount will be disclosed to you upon the receipt of
your response) but I did not disclose it to the
Courier Services as Money, rather I informed them that
the crates contains Vital \"DOCUMENTS AND EXPENSIVE
AFRICA ART WORK\" belonging to a family friend and
also business partner (that's you).

On no account should you disclose the content of the
crates (Two Trunk Box) with the Diplomatic Courier
Services for fear of betrayal. So do not allow them to
know that the content is money you have to bear in
mind my family situation and the fact that I am still
under surveillance by the government. Please contact
the Diplomatic Courier Services on Tel: +34 636 55 108
(Trunk Box Code Number BCC/103104 to confirm the
status of the consignments and also forward to them
your address where the consignments will be delivered
and then get back to me as soon as possible so that I
can give you the shipment document.

Please note that the deposit papers are ready and will
be forwarded in due course.

Please send me your contact address and also full name
and phone number immediately through my email address.

abacha2004@o2.pl

Best Regards

Yours faithfully,
Alhaji Mohammed Abacha.

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