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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 friend" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "drug clearance certificate" ("anti-terrorist", "anti-money laundering" or "drug-free" certificates are a common way for criminals in fake lottery scams and other Advance Fee scams to get you to send money to them. There are no such certificates in the real banking world. )
  • "clearance certificate" (this will cost you money - be careful with upfront payments to anyone you only know through email, especially if they promise you a lot of money. Never ever send money by Western Union or MoneyGram to people you do not know personally. )
  • "diplomatic courier" ("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.
  • doncoryundrpaul22@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: DrPaul Doncoryun <drpauldoncoryun22@yahoo.co.uk>
Reply-To: doncoryundrpaul22@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Mon, 5 May 2008 15:10:15 +0100 (BST)
Subject: Read from Dr. paul.


ATTN: Dear friend
I am Dr. Paul Doncoryun. With the message received from the Presidency, I do sympathize with you for the long delay in your payment. It was as a result of your experience and several reports and petitions from foreign contractors like your humble self that made the government introduce this cash delivery via Diplomatic Courier Unit in Accra Ghana , West African sub region. I was mandated to handle the office and deliver to contractors their consignment to their doorstep. The system of our operations is as follows: -
1. The Presidency has given to me an authority to deliver your contract sum in cash to your doorstep.
2. You must be at the airport to receive my diplomat that is coming to deliver your consignment to you, so that both of you will go straight to your nominated bank to deposit the cash and you will endorse some vital documents confirming that you have received your fund without problems.

1. All that is required from you is your first and second pages photocopies of your international passport for identification on diplomat arrival at the airport.
2. You should reconfirm your particulars to enable me crosscheck with what I have here in your file. As soon as I receive all these required information, my diplomat will start procuring the necessary documents concerning the movement of your consignment to your designation. This will include Certificate of Entry, Ghana Drug Clearance Certificate and other vital documents.

3. You are also to inform my diplomat of the nearest International Airport to you to enable him en-route his ticket to the airport. As soon as these documents are ready, he will fax them to you for your perusal, but please confirm your private telephone numbers immediately. Lastly, we will require your maximum co-operation for a hitch free delivery of your contract fund in cash to you.

Looking forward to hear from you as quick as possible.

Best regards,
Dr. Paul Doncoryun.
Please mail on my privet Email :(doncoryundrpaul22@yahoo.co.uk)


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