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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.
• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  
• This email lists mobile phone numbers. Use of such numbers is typical for scams because they allow criminals to conceal their true location. They can receive calls in an Internet cafe from where they send you emails, while pretending to be in some office.
  • +2348034669580 (Nigeria, prepaid mobile phone)
• 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.
  • reverendfrank60@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Frank Daniel <reverendfrank61@hotmail.com>
Date: Tue, 13 Nov 2007 02:29:11 -0700
Subject: HELLO BRETHREN



WELL DONE AND GOD'S BLESSINGS AS YOU ASSIMILATE THIS PIECE OF
NOTE.
PLEASE I WANT YOU TO TAKE THIS WITH UTMOST TRUST AND HUMILITY AS
IAM NOT ONE OF THOSE SCAM ARTISTS.
I AM REVEREND FRANK DANIELS OF THE HOLY WORLD CHURCH IN NIGERIA BUT
I AM WRITING THIS ON BEHALF OF ONE OF MY CHURCH MEMBER AS A SURETY OR GUARANTOR
TO HIM WHO IS FROM FROM IVORY COAST IN WEST AFRICA AND HE IS A DIAMOND
AND GOLD
DEALER,BUT DUE TO THE WAR AND TURMOIL PREVIOUSLY IN HIS COUNTRY,HE
TOOK REFUGE IN NIGERIA.
DUE TO GOD'S BLESSINGS ON HIS SIDE,HE WAS ABLE TO SECURE AND
RELOCATE WITH HIS FAMILY AND SOME OF HIS TREASURES TO NIGERIA. BUT HIS
MAIN PROBLEM IS THAT HIS DIAMONDS ARE WORTH OVER $18.5 MILLION BUT CAN
YOU IMAGINE THAT IN NIGERIA,THEY WANT IT AT SOMETHING LESS THAN $12
MILLION .AND ALSO DUE TO NIGERIA'S ECONOMIC POLICIES ON PRECIOUS STONES
AND SOLID MINERALS, IT IS NOT EASY FOR HIM TO DISPOSE IT.
PLEASE I NEED YOUR ASSISTANCE FOR HIM TO SELL IT IN YOUR COUNTRY,IT
WILL NOT COST YOU ANYTHING MUCH OTHER THAN YOUR TIME AND TO SECURE
THEM SAFELY IN YOUR CUSTODY AND HE WILL COME OVER TO YOU TO
COMPLETE THE TRANSACTION.
WORTHY OF NOTICE IS THAT THE PACKAGE WEIGHS ABOUT 115KG-117KG.HE
PROMISES TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU WILL NEVER REGRET HELPING HIM AS HE
PROMISES TO GIVE OUT 20% TO YOU.
WHEN YOU REPLY ME I WILL THEN LET YOU KNOW HIM AND HIS EMAIL SO THAT YOU
TWO CAN DISCUSS AT LENGHT
YOU CAN CALL ME WITH THIS NUMBER
+234-803-4669-580. reply to reverendfrank60@yahoo.co.uk
THANKS FOR YOUR ANTICIPATED COPERATION
YOURS SINCERELY
FRANK DANIELS
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