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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)
• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  

Fraud email example:

From: "janetaylor " <janetaylor6@rediffmail.com>
Date: 6 Feb 2007 14:15:49 -0000
Subject: GOOD NEWS!!! SUCCESS MADE!!


GOOD NEWS!!! SUCCESS MADE!!
Hello Dear,Good day, how are you today? I am writing to informyou that I have paid the fee for your Draft. And Iwent to the bank to confirm if the draft has expiredor getting near to expire and Mr. Ahmed Zafa theDirector of the Bank told me that before the draftwill get to your hand that it will expire.So I told him to cash the $450,000.00 USD UNITEDSTATES DOLLARS to cash payment to avoid losing thisfunds. However, all the necessary arrangement ofdelivering the $450,000.00 USD UNITED STATES DOLLARSin cash was made with GLOBAL MAX COURIER COMPANY herein Republic of Benin.Mr. Ahmed Zafa the Director of the Bank here has topackage the sum of $450,000.00 USD in cash for me.Then he also agreed to help me to register theConsignment with GLOBAL MAX COURIER COMPANY. In fact Ithank God very much for all the movement I made, everything goes normally.As for our agreement with the Global Max CourierCompany they promised that your consignment will leavethis Country on next week, But the !
Director of theGLOBAL MAX COURIER COMPANY said that they need yourcontacts information\'s to enable them meet up with youimmediately the Diplomat Agent arrived to yourCountry. Please write a letter of application to thegiven address below.ATTN: Mr. Fredrick MantuEMAIL: fredmantu_globalmax@maktoob.comPlease, Send them your contacts information to enablethem locate you immediately they arrived in yourcountry with your BOX. This is what they need fromyou.1. YOUR FULL NAME2. YOUR HOME ADDRESS.3. YOUR CURRENT HOME OR OFFICE TELEPHONE NUMBER.4. A COPY OF YOUR IDPlease make sure you send this needed information tothe Director General of Global Max Courier Company Mr.Fredrick Mantu with the address given to you.Note. The Global Max courier company doesn\'t know thecontents of the Box. It was registered as a BOXcontaining African cloths. They don\'t know it containsmoney. This is to avoid them delaying with the BOX.Don\'t let them know that is money that is in that Box.I am waiting !
for your urgent response.Thanks and Remain Blessed.Regards,MS.JANE TAY
LOR

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