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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 consignment " (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)
  • "power of attorney" (with your bank details and a power of attorney form criminals sometimes empty bank accounts)
• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  
• Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.

Fraud email example:

From: grant nabaro <ggrantbaroo16@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: <grantbaro1@myway.com>
Date: Sun, 13 May 2007 06:06:08 -0400
Subject: collection of fund ($15m) under special arrangement.



Hello,Re: collection of fund ($15m) under special arrangement.Pardon me if I have offended you by contacting you for such a bigtransaction through an ordinary letter which makes it suspiciousconsidering the type of fraud proposals moving around the worldtoday. However, I was advised to explain this transaction to you onface to face meeting. I could not do this because of the situation in the world today notbeing sure of your reaction.I am Mr.Grant Nabaro, a consultant and broker from United Kingdom.I was hired by a Japanese business man to broker an investment dealbetween himself and oil company in Venezuela. This deal was executed inJanuary 1997 and matured for termination in 2001. On maturity, theJapanese businessman and the oil firm decided to terminate theinvestment in cash to avoid payment of investment tax which amountedto several millions of U.S dollars to the America internalrevenue service (IRS). A special arrangement was made between a topJapanese banker working with Japanese bank in New York, the oil companyand the businessman to terminate the investment in cash payment under afictitious name with an arrangement to change it latterwith a power of attorney which they prepared and handed over to the topbanker.I was directly involved, well paid and mandated to organize andcarry out the deal. All the cash was withdrawn in august 2001 andtransported to Europe by direct bank vault to vaultdelivering to a private diplomatic storage in Europe for safe keepingpending the collection. The real content of the boxes were notdeclared to the storage as it was delivered as personal family treasureand diamonds. The code for the storage, secret codes for the opening of the boxes and its keys were all handed over to me.Mr. Takashi the New York business man was planning to go to Europe bymid of November 2001 with me for the collection when the unexpectedhappened in September 11th attack on the twin tower which claim hislife and that of the top banker. This left me devastated and confusedas I have not yet handed over the deposit details to the owner and thepower of attorney prepared for the change which was signed was still withthe banker in his office which was also lost. It was agreed with thestorage that the consignment would be collect on or before 12 monthsfrom the date of delivery. Since due date the diplomaticstorage manager has been calling me to bring or tell the owner to comeover for collection.My friend, since then I have been looking for any reliable personto collect these consignment under special and well negotiatedarrangement until I got your email contact. All the needed secret code andidentification and collection are all with me.Be rest assured that this transaction has been well organized,100% safe, legal, risk free and should be kept very confidential.Please, contact me for the way forward in this transaction. If youthink we can do this together in trust.
Reach me with your personal data as follows.1. Your Full Names and Address2.Telephone and fax Numbers.3.Position and name of officeExpecting to hear from you soon.Best Regards,Mr.Grant Nabaro.
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