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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 diplomat " ("diplomats" who perform deliveries of cash or other valuables to you only exist in 419 scams)
  • "international remittance department" (Banks mentioned in 419 scams are always fake (real banks don't communicate using mobile phones or free webmail addresses))
• This email message is a next of kin scam.

Fraud email example:

From: (sent from abused email account)
Date: Fri, 21 Nov 2008 16:45:26 +0200
Subject: BUSINESS AS URGENT


BUSINESS AS URGENT

Dear Good Friend,

First, I must solicit your confidence in this transaction; this is by
virtue of its nature as being utterly confidential and secret. Though I
know that transaction of this magnitude will make anyone apprehensive and
worried because you do not know me but I am assuring you that all will be
well at the end of the day. I have decided to contact you due to the
urgency of this transaction, as well have been reliably and convince of
your discreetness and ability handle transaction of this nature. Let me
start by introducing myself properly to you. I am Mr Peter Steven, former
director-international remittance department with B.O.A Bank Ivory Coast ,
I came to know you through my private search for someone I can confidently
trust on, and I have a maximum confidence that we can transact this
business.

THE PROPOSITION.

I want you to help me clear/claim this Package that is already in ( GREECE
) , I shipped this package through Diplomatic means with the help of my
friend, who is a United Nation Diplomat. The content of the Package is
$10,000.000.00, (Ten Million U.S. Dollars), all in $100 bills. But the
Diplomat does not know that the Package contains money, because I declared
as personal artifacts. These funds came out as a result of over invoicing.
This means that no body owns or can claim these funds. But due to my
position in the bank then, I quickly arranged for the packaging of the
funds in a box and thereafter, it was shipped to the ( GREECE ) as personal
an artifacts through a United Nation (UN) diplomat for safe keep. Right now
the box that contains money is in SECURITY COMPANY. Therefore, all I want
you to do if you accept this proposal is forward to me or send to me this
information?s below.

(1) Your mailing address.
(2) Your private phone and fax numbers.
(3) Your Full name.
(4) Name of your company.
(5) Your passport.
(6) Your Age.

Again i have to inform you that thire are some document i will send to you
and the document is now in the hand of security company in (ABIDJAN COTE D'
IVOIRE) and the document will cost you small money to bring it out and send
it to you if you are agree to help me. And the document is a prove to you
before the diplomant will call you and to ask you about any prove then you
will tell him that you are with it so when you will be going to meet the
diplomant in (GREECE) then you will go with the document and if you reach
there you will show the document to the diplomant before him will hand over
the box to you.

As soon as I receive your williness and acceptance reply, I will forward
your contacts to the Diplomat, to enable him open up communication with
you, and also discuss how and when the Package will be delivered to your
home address. Lastly, at end of the transaction, you will get as your
share, 25% of the total funds, and I will have 75%. Therefore, if this
arrangement is okay for you, try as much as possible to email me so that we
can go ahead and achieve our endeavor, and other modalities will be
discussed in later period including sending you the keys of the box to you.

Thanks and hope to hear from you as urgent,

Best Regards,
Mr Peter Steven.

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