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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:
  • "trunk box" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "trunk boxes" (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.
  • stepheneaddo@hotmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Stephen E. Addo" <stephenneaddo07@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: stepheneaddo@hotmail.com
Date: Tue, 24 Apr 2007 22:45:34 +0000
Subject: From:Mr.Stephen E. Addo

From:Mr.Stephen E. Addo (Vault Manager)
Cristal Security Company Ltd.
43, New Achimota Layout-Accra.
Tel:00233-440-12998.
Tel:00233-21409568-
Fax:00233-21409569.
Accra-Ghana.

Attn:
Compliment of the season,
My names are Mr.Stephen E. Addo, I work as a Vault Manager with a Private
Security Company based in Ghana. I have been working with this security
company for the past 18Years with dedication, though my salary is nothing to
write home about.I bring good tidings to you today dear, Though before now
we do not know each other for the first time but I believe strongly that my
coming to you with this prospective business is devine. But my word for you
is that you will never regret this assistance and participation in bringing
this transaction to completion with me.

In our Security Company Vault where I work as attandant, there is these
Consignments that has been laying "UNCLAIMED" for the past 15years and
nobody ever comes for the claims of these consignments, from the file and
record before me in my office I have traced the depositor of these
Consignments only to find out that he is late for the past 10year ago, and
every effort to locate any of his surviving relatives or close family
members proof abortive.

Now, about three months ago the members and board of directors of our
company met and deliberated upon that every consignment that has exceeded
the period of 8year without it depositor coming for claims and collection be
destroyed or disposed so as to creat space to accomodate other incoming
consignment from new clients/Customers. It is on this basis that I
capitalized on knowing what is in these consignments, I run a scan on these
consignment only to find out that it contents are fiscal cash to running
into Millions of United States of American Dollars. To this effect the
entire management of our company does not know about this development till
date, now I am contacting you believing that you could be of assistance in
joining hands with me to have these Consignments/Metallic Trunk Boxes
Removed and shipped to your country where immediately after the completion
of this transaction I will come over to your country to Disburse/Share the
Fund inside the Consignment 40% to you while 60% for me the initiator.

Should you accept this offer I will personally secure a Transfer of
Ownership of these consignments to your names and back date it to suit the
claims while I will file in your names in the computers as the rightful
beneficiary to these consignment/ Metallic Trunk Boxes and every necessary
information that will lead to claim it will I supply to you which you might
consider necessary during the time of claims and collection of the
Consignment.Also should you need to see the copies of the deposit Documents
that was issud to the late depositor by the management of our company I will
not hesitate to make it available to your perusal and retention if only you
can make your direct Telephone, cell phone and fax numbers known to me I
will have them faxed to you without further delays.

I can guarantee you that if only you give me a chance and cooporate with me
within the next fourteen(14) working days from today the consignment will be
released and delivered to your doorstep in your country. I know how to
handle this and immediately after the completion of this transaction I will
personally destroy and delete every information leading to the completion of
this transaction this is to assure you that I will not leave any traces.

Please Dear, I will advise here that you need not to disclose this
transaction to a third ear for now until we finally bring this transaction
to completion.I look forward to hearing from your call as you can always
reach me on my direct Tel:00233-2440-12998, for further details.

Regards.
Mr.Stephen E. Addo
E-mail:stepheneaddo@hotmail.com

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