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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:
  • "dear sir/madam" (a standard Nigerian greeting phrase)
  • "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)
  • "the diplomat " ("diplomats" who perform deliveries of cash or other valuables to you only exist in 419 scams)
• This email message is a orphan scam.

Fraud email example:

From: Mohammed Frank <frankmoh@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: <frankmoh76@yahoo.com>
Date: Wed, 7 Nov 2007 02:22:08 +0100
Subject: Re: YOUR URGENT ATTENTION REQUIRED



Dear Sir/Madam, How are you and every members of your, if they are fine glory be to
God Almighty. I am Mohammed Frank, from Botswana regarding my late
father consignments that contain $50.5 million dollars he realized from
Diamond which I moved to United Kingdom through the help of a diplomat.
I have make all arrangement in shipping the consignment to my
beneficiary in your country of which he agree of taking 25 percent of
the total amount but now that he know that the diplomat has arrive his
country he is now saying that he is no longer taking the 25 per that he
would take 40 percent of which that was not our arrangement, we both
arrange of 25 percent.

I want you to assist me in receiving the consignment from the
diplomat with the said amount of 25 percent of the total amount. The
diplomat just called me that he will be returning the consignments back
to Botswana; please I want you to be my new beneficiary and receive the
consignments in other for him not to return it back.

Sir I don’t want this consignments to be return to Botswana hence am
contacting you for you to assist me in your country receive the two
consignments from the diplomat in order for me to come over to you for
us to invest this money on a profitable business of your choice while I
continue my education right there in your country.

I want this discussion to be confidential between two of us only,
because I don't want any body here in my country to know before I
finally leave to your country. Mind you don’t review this transaction
to the diplomat because I don’t want him to know the real content of
the consignments as cash fund. I declared the two consignments as
Sensitive Photographic Chemicals Film Materials that if opens, it will
get damage. Base on that he did not inspect it before moving it to your
country.

I want you in replying me send along with your Telephone / Mobile
Number, Delivery address and personal identification in order for the
diplomat to deliver it to you in your house.

Your Son Mohammed Frank
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