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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:
  • "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)
  • "million dollars" (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.
  • a_ttt@usa.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Gooding Will <kk_assaba@yahoo.com>
Date: Mon, 16 Jul 2007 08:10:16 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: (BBT)INVESTMENT


Dear Sir,
My name is Gooding will, I am a south-African
National, I work as the Head of Logistic Dept to
DIPLOMATIC SECURITY AND VAULTS COMPANY LTD
here in Accra Ghana.i decided to contact you, to be my
partner in business so as to help me raise capital to move some funds
here in other to invest in a profitable business abroad. I have been
working with (D.S.V.C.) company for the past 6years.Within this period,

I have watched With meticulous interest how African heads of states and
government
functionaries have been using DIPLOMATIC SECURITY AND VAULT COMPANY LTD

to shift their money abroad. They bring in, these Consignment of money
and secretly declare the content as, precious stones, family
treasure Etc. The late Mobutu Seseko of Zaire the late Gnassingbe
Eyadema of Togo
etc. These past heads of states and president have hundreds of
consignments deposited with DIPLOMATIC SECURITY AND VAULTS COMPANY LTD.
Their foreign
partners, friends, and relatives,have claimed most of this
consignments. A lot of them are
unclaimed for as much as 10years; nobody may ever come for
them, Because in most cases, the documents of deposit are never
available to any body
except the depositor, and most of them are dead. Since the inception of
the 2000 illennium,
DIPLOMATIC SECURITY AND VAULTS COMPANY LTD , management changed the
policy/procedure of claims of consignments.
That as on as you are able to produce all the secret information as
contained in the secret of any Consignment, it will be released to you
upon demand. The late Jonas Savimbi has over 7 Consignments, deposited
with several names and codes. 4 of this
consignment have been claimed in past (10) Ten months, after his
Death in Angola I have finished every arrangement as to the claim, for
you
to come and claim consignments, No.1201 containing $30 million
Dollars and No.1202 containing $22 million Dollars, My plan is to
supply you
with all the information and documents regarding the Deposit of the
Consignment by Fax. Nobody will ever know I am involved in this deal in
the company. I will suggest upon conclusion, we share 70 to 30
I assure you that the business have been planned for 3 years now, and
it is very secure.
Forward all reply to my private email: a_ttt@usa.com
Regards,
Gooding.Will.



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