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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:
  • "clearance certificate" (this will cost you money - that's what the scam is about)
  • "is 100% risk free" (almost true for the criminal - arrests of online criminals are rare)
  • "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 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.
  • andrewibe2007@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "sarah jones" <ukballot6@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: andrewibe2007@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Mon, 12 Feb 2007 14:02:18 -1000
Subject: ATTENTION BENEFICIARY!!!

Attn: Beneficiary

 

I am delighted to inform you that the United Nation Management through
the Office of the SKYE BANK GOVERNOR and other bank directors have decided to call back all approved fund Payment through offshore payment centers to the bank treasury following Interception of the UNITED NATION CRIME PREVENTION UNIT AND WORLD BANK and have concluded arrangements to pay you this Funds by cash through the Diplomatic Agents who will bring the cash in a Machine sealed consignment to you in the United States as my bank has temporarily stopped further payment via wire transfer.

 

In this regards we are going to send your inheritance/contract payment
to you via our accredited Diplomatic Agent/shipping Company and we have
secured every needed document to cover the money. Note: The money is coming on 2 security proof box. The box are sealed with synthetic nylon seal and padded with machine. Please you don’t have to worry for anything, as the
transaction is 100% risk free. The Boxes are coming with A Diplomatic agent who will accompany the boxes to your house address. All you need to do now is to reconfirm to US
 
Your Full Name
Contact House Address
Your mobile phone;

 

The Diplomatic Attached will travel with it. They will call you immediately they arrive in your country’s airport to your house. I hope you understand me.

Note: The diplomat does not know the original contents of the boxes. What l
declared to them as the contents is Sensitive Photographic Film Materials
for security reasons. I did not declare money to them please. If they call you
and ask you the contents please tell them the same thing Ok.

You will secure the Diplomatic immunity clearance certificate and the
Certificate of fund ownership, without this two certificate, your Payment
fund will not be approve, can not be courier for this payment season,
the needed certificate will Make it pass every custom Checkpoint all over the
world without hitch.

 

Confirm the receipt of this message and re-send the requirements to me
immediately you Receive this message. Please I need urgent reply
because the boxes are Schedule to live as soon as we hear from you.
I will try to contact you today again and attached the money as being
taken to the diplomat service company for delivering.

You are to call me for further directives.

 

Thanks
Yours truly,
MR. ANDREW IBE
UNITED NATION CRIME PREVENTION UNIT,
AFRICA CHARPTER.
 
 Email:: andrewibe2007@yahoo.co.uk

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