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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 fake company names, fake addresses, non-existent institutions/documents or other details have appeared in scams before:
  • "diplomatic immunity"
• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "hundred thousand united states 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 immunity" ("diplomats" who perform deliveries of cash or other valuables to you only exist in 419 scams)
  • "the diplomat " ("diplomats" who perform deliveries of cash or other valuables to you only exist in 419 scams)
  • "a diplomat " ("diplomats" who perform deliveries of cash or other valuables to you only exist in 419 scams)
  • "courier service" (Courier companies mentioned in 419 scams are always fake. They will have you send money to them, but won't deliver anything. )
• 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.
  • nelson_d111@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Nelson Dvaid" <davidnelson2@mailbox.hu>
Date: Fri, 23 May 2008 10:08:43 +0100
Subject: PLEASE URGENT


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OFFICE OF MR. DAVID NELSON
DIRECTOR SPECIAL DUTIES,
IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
INTERNATIONAL COMMERCIAL BANK ACCRA GHNAN
LTD FACT-FINDING & SPECIAL DUTIES OFFICE
ACCRA GHANA
+233285182123.
nelson_d111@yahoo.co.uk


I am Mr. David Nelson, a senior staff with the International commercial bank
Accra Ghana fact finding & special duties Office. I am writing you in this
letter based on the fact that cool penny is better than millions of Dollars
means it's better for one to live and die poor honest man than a rich
dishonest one. I and the Chief security officer (CSO) of this organization
have arranged with an officer in the Computer section the person of
Engineer Peter Cliff to bring out part of your total pending payment with
reference number (LM-05-371) amounting to US$14.7 million. Why we did this
is because according to information gathered from the bank's security
computer, you have been waiting for a long time to receive this payment
without success. As I found out that you have almost met all the statutory.

Requirements in respect of your pending payment. The problems you are having
is that of interest groups. A lot of people are interested in your payment
and those people are merely doing paper works with you and that explains why
you receive different kinds of untrue fax and phone messages from different
people everyday. Also we found out that some of the officials of the
prostates have been extorting a lot of money from you with the pretext of
helping you receive your money. I can assure you this will keep happening if
you. If you can also come here in West Africa Accra
Ghana it will be better so that we can sit and discuss how to therefore this
money. To your account.

The said payment is been arranged in a security-proof box weighing 75kg. In
order to get this box shipped to you I and the (CSO) Yesterday went to this
four courier companies Dhl,, Ems, FedEx and Ups to make arrangements On how
to get the box shipped to you by courier, but to no avail the above courier
companies all made us to understand that they will have to open the box for
inspection by the customs before shipment. This is something We want to
avoid because this box is been padded with synthetic nylon and to open it
you will have to cut the pad before you will meet the button that you will
press to open the dial code-lock. There is no way you can open the box and
be able to close it again because it was padded with
machine. We told the courier services that the box Contained film materials
and when open will spoil the materials. We did not declare money because
courier does not carry money.

Today a friend of mine who is a diplomat disclosed to me that there is a
security courier Service Company that is specialized in sending diplomatic
materials and information from one country to another, which also has
diplomatic immunity and consignment such as this, cannot be checked by any
customs anywhere in the world. I have therefore met the official of the
security courier service and concluded shipping arrangement with them, which
they will commence as soon as I have your go ahead order. The diplomat who
will be bring in this consignment to you is An expert and has been in this
line of work for many years now so we have noting to worry about. After all
arrangements we have concluded that you must donate Five Hundred Thousand
United States dollars (US$500, 000.00) to any charity organization I
designate as soon as you receive your money. To this effect, you will send
to us a promissory note for the donation along with your address where you
will like the box to be delivered to by the courier. Please mails bellow
information:

1) Your full name, address...
2) Phone, fax...
3) Company name, position..
4) Profession, age and marital status...
May God be with you as I await your response?
Yours Faithfully
Mr. David Nelson.
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