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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 phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "the consignment" (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)
  • "lagos" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  

Fraud email example:

From: "DR FRED KOJO" <drfredkkojo22@gmail.com>
Reply-To: drfredkkojo@gawab.com
Date: Sun, 17 Aug 2008 19:37:28 +0100
Subject: Attention Friend.


Attention Friend.

This is to inform you that arrangements have been concluded as regards to
the shipment of your consignment of funds to your country. I choose to
conclude it and make sure it is off already before contacting you. I found
out that this consignment has been lying here because of non-payment of
shipment fees. This is why I decided to use my connections as the Shipment
officer in charge of the National Security warehouse. (This is where all the
abandoned consignments in Nigeria are kept at the orders of the Government
of Nigeria.)

The consignment left Lagos Nigeria yesterday night en-route your country via
Holland/ Spain. It is a metal box, silver in color with a weight of about
150kg, the box is declared as containing diplomatic /inheritance documents
only.

Your urgent respose is needed so that I can give you the contact of the
Diplomatic Agency so that you will contact them for further proceeding on
how you are going secure your consignment from them that worthy of
($19.5m)so that you will confirm when the consignment will arrive.

I choose to do this for you because you may have paid a lot of money before
abandoning this consignment and I believe you will compensated me well when
you receive your funds as a consignment.

Note: I know the content of the Box because I could see the amount you are
being owned by the Federal Government. This is why I decided to get
involved. You must also know that this arrangement do not concern all the
people you were dealing with in Nigeria before today as this
consignment/Payment has been surrendered to the Government. Be informed that
I have already paid for the shipment fees because I know fully well that you
will pay me back for all my effort.

Waiting for your reply.do call me 234-702331-5445

Thanks
Dr Fred Kojo

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