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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:
  • "dear sir/madam" (a standard Nigerian greeting phrase)
  • "trunk box" (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)
  • "diplomatic security company" ("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.
  • sergeant_abdulazizabdulwahid3@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Confidential Project <rigisproject2@hotmail.com>
Date: Mon, 30 Jul 2007 11:49:42 +0200
Subject: URGENT RESPONSE NEEDED


Dear Sir/Madam,

This is my second letter to you and I hope you read it this time and kindly get back to me. I am Sergeant Abdulaziz Abdul Wahid an Iraq soldier in unit 13 fighting with the Irish forces and American soldiers in Baghdad.

In July 24TH this year my colleague Sergeant Hameed Bashedad and I were posted to northern part of Baghdad outside khalis for a routine stop and search. Cars will be stopped and searched with the driver and passengers to make sure they are not carrying any weapon before they are allowed to enter Baghdad. In this process we stopped two men in a small Toyota car who appeared to be in a hurry and decided to detain them and make a thorough security check. Our search resulted in finding out that they starched huge amount of United States of American dollars in a sack bag. Further interrogation revealed that they are part of the Kurdish militants operating in the northern part of Iraq and they were actually running away with the money to another settlement.

We arrested them and handed them over to Iraqi police but we did not declare the money as evidence rather we took the money and put it in a trunk box and deposited it with a diplomatic security company here in Baghdad as our personal belongings. We decided to keep the money totaling about four million dollars because the Iraqi police men are corrupt and would have taken the money without declaring it. It has happened in several occasions.

Our plea is that you accept to receive this money in your country and keep it for us. We intend to escape to your country or any place you shall direct us to as life in Iraq is becoming unbearable and we do not know when this war will end. The money will be sent to you as a diplomatic cargo and will not be tampered with until you receive it. All we need is an address where you intend to receive the money and your phone number. We will then arrange with the diplomatic security company to deliver the trunk box to you. When you receive the money we shall discuss of how much you will take for your effort.

Your urgent response will be highly appreciated.

Regards,
Sergeant Abdulaziz Abdul Wahid.
{You can also reply to my alternative email address:sergeant_abdulazizabdulwahid3@yahoo.com}

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