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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:
  • "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 us 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)
• 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.
  • essecouklondon@yahoo.dk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Williams Wraltter" <williamswraltter2@mailbox.hu>
Reply-To: essecouklondon@yahoo.dk
Date: Fri, 30 May 2008 10:13:35 -0700
Subject: GOOD NEWS DEAR FRIEND


Hello My Good Friend,

After waiting and no response was heard, I deposited and also paid for
the delivery fee of your $7.5,000 000.00 Million US Dollars,as
consignment box to ESSO SECURIT COMPANY UK LONDON
because I travelled to SAUDI ARABIA to visit my friend and i will not
come back till March,2008. I want you to contact the ESSO SECURIT COMPANY UK
LONDON to know when they will be delivering your consignment.


I have paid for the delivery charges and also the insurance fee, the
only fee you will pay them is the monthly demorage fee which they would pay
the security department that are guarding your consignment since the
deposition day. But if you will be very fast in contacting them, you will be
charged for only one month demorage fee which will cost only $110.00 USD. So
I urge you to contact them as soon as you receive this email.ESSO SECURIT
COMPANY UK LONDON MANAGER .

CONTACT: Mr. Dan Peters
E-mail: (essecouklondon@yahoo.dk) Try to contact them as soon as possible to
avoid increase in demorage
fee.I gave them your delivery address but you have to reconfirm it to
them again to avoid any mistakes in the delivery of your fund Reconfirm
the below information to the company to let them understand that you are the
right full beneficiary of the BOX.Your Full Name:

Your Address:
Home Telephone:
Office Telephone:

Note: You are to contact the ESSO SECURIT COMPANY UK LONDON MANAGER via this
information below email:--(essecouklondon@yahoo.dk) Finally indicate this
code: GM0081 when contacting them, it will identify that you are the owner
of the $7.500.000.00 consignment trunk box deposited in the company. Do let
me know as soon as you receive your consignment and take a proper account of
the content if the content is $7.500.000.00.


Best Regards,
Doctor williams Wraltter .

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