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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 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)
  • "your urgent reply" (scammers rush victims so they don't have time to think properly)
  • "diplomatic immunity" ("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.
  

Fraud email example:

From: "revfrmaxjones11 Gazeta.pl" <revfrmaxjones11@gazeta.pl>
Date: Mon, 9 Jun 2008 14:21:36 -0400
Subject: REV FR.JONES MAX HARTH


THE UNITED NATIONS ORGANISATION
IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
WORLD BANK FACT-FINDING & SPECIAL DUTIES OFFICE
LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM.

Greetings to you,


I am Rev. Father Jones Maxwell Harth, a senior staff with the World Bank
fact finding & special
duties office. I am writing you this letter because cool penny is better
than million of dollars.
It is better for one to live and die poor honest man than a rich dishonest
one.
The Chief security officer (CSO) of this organization and I have arranged
with an officer
in computer section, engineer Peter Cliff has agreed to bring out part of
your total sum
amounting to US$10 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 your money without success.


As I found out that you have almost met all the statutory requirements in
respect of your
fund settlement. Your problem is that of interest groups.A lot of people
are interested in
your payment and those people are merely doing papers works with you and
that is why
you receive messages from different people every day. Also we found out
that some of
the officials of the parasitals have been extorting a lot of money from you
with the pretext
of helping you to receive your money. I can assure you that this may last
for years yet
nothing happens, if you do not do away with those officers you call your
partners,
and for security reasons.Do not tell anybody that you have your money until
you receive
cash at your doorstep.The money is in two security proof boxes weighing
110kg each,
which is 220kg for the two boxes.


We went to four courier companies to make arrangements on how to ship them
by courier
to you, we went to DHL,FEDEX, IAS, UPS, and all said that they must open
the boxes for
inspection by the customs before shipment. This is something we want to
avoid because
the boxes were padded with synthetic nylon and to open them you have to cut
the pad
before you will meet the buttons that you will press to open the dial
code-lock.


There is no way you can open the boxes and be able to close them again
because they
were padded with machine. We told the courier services that the boxes
contained film
materials and when open will spoil the materials. We did not declare money
because
couriers do not carry money.Today a friend of mine who is diplomat disclosed
to me that
there is courier service they use to send diplomatic material and
information from one
country to another.It has diplomatic immunity and cannot check by any
customs any
where in the World.


The name of the courier service is Oxford Security Courier Service (OSCS) I
will meet
them as soon as I have your go ahead order.The Diplomat will help me to get
immunity
papers, so we do not have any problem. We have concluded that you must
compensate
us with five hundred thousand United States Dollars (US$500.000.00) as soon
as you
receive your money to this effect, you will send to us a promissory note for
five hundred
thousand united States Dollars (US$500.000.00) along with your
identifcation and address
for sending the boxes by courier,Please maintain top most secrecy as it may
cause a lot
of problem if found out that we are using this way to help you.



Do not ever tell anybody about this until you have your money.I want to
help you because
something in me is telling me that you are an honest person when we
concluded this and you send our promise.
We will help to ship the final part of your money to you.Be blessed as we
wait for your
urgent reply. For security reason please reply to this
Email:revfather_jonesmax2008@live.com<Email%3Arevfather_jonesmax2008@live.com>


Yours faithfully,

REV FR.JONES MAX HARTH

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