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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:
  • "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)
  • "i have a new email address!" (this SPAM email was probably sent to thousands of people)
  • "diplomatic immunity" ("diplomats" who perform deliveries of cash or other valuables to you only exist in 419 scams)
  • "courier company" (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.david02@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Nelson .david" <nelson.david02@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: nelson_david0132@mail.com
Date: Mon, 26 Jan 2009 18:37:40 -0800 (PST)
Subject: URGENT ASSISTANCE.


I have a new email address!You can now email me at: nelson.david02@yahoo.com



- FROM CPT.NELSON DAVID U.S MILITARY BASE IKRIT-IRAQ.HELLO MY NAME IS CPT.NELSON DAVID,A UNITED STATES SOLDIER CURRENTLY SEVING IN THE MILITARY OF THE FIRST ARMOURED DIVISION IN IRAQ.OUR STORY IS AV ERY PATHETIC ONE AND I APOLOGISE FOR TAKING YOUR TIME.AS YOU MAY KNOW,WE ARE BEIGN ATTACKED BY INSURGENTS EVERYDAY AND PAINFULLY MOST OF OUR COLLEAGUES HAVE LOST THEIR LIVES ESPECIALLY IN CAR BOMBS,RECENTLY,WHILE GOING ON A REGULAR PATROL CHECK TWO OF MY COLLEAUGES WITH THEIR NAMES HARRISON CORNWELL AND JOHNATHAN BRUCE WHO ARE ALSO A UNITED STATES SOLDIERS DISCOVERED AN ABANDONED TRUNK BOX HIDDEN IN AN EXIT TUNNEL FROM THE SADDAM HUSSEINS FAMILY MANSION.ON OPENING THE BOX CAREFULLY,WHICH WE INITIALLY THOUGHT WAS A BOMB.WE .DISCOVERED THAT THE BOX HAS IN ITS CONTENT US$13.1 MILLION IN CASH,MOSTLY IN $100 DOLLAR BILL.ON SEING THIS WE MOVED THE MOVED THE BOX CONTAINING THE TOTAL FUND US$13.1 MILLION TO OUR BASE,FROM WHERE WE WERE ABLE TO DEPOSIT TI IN A SECURITY\COURIER COMPANY THAT HAS SHIPPING DIPLOMATIC IMMUNITY HERE IN IRAQ UNDER THE DISGUISE THAT THE BOX CONTAIN PHOTOGRAPHIC AND MEDICAL EQUIPMENTS PRESENTLY IRAQ IS ENGULFED IN SERIOUS CRISIS AND THIS CRISIS IS INTENSIFIED BY THE DAY.I AND MY COLLEAUGES HAS DECIDED TO MAKE A BUSSINESS PROPOSAL TO YOU KNOWING THAT AS MILITARY MEN OUR LIFE IS IN CONSTANT DANGER.WE LEAVE OUR BASE EVERYDAY WITH THE FATE THAT WE MIGHT NOT COME BACK ALIVE.NOW I AM SOLICITING YOUR CO-OPERATION TO TAKE THIS FUND INTO YOUR CUSTODY FOR ANY PROFITABLE INVESTMENT THAT WILLL MUTUALLY BENEFICIAL AND FROM THE PROFIT WE WILL ASSIST FAMILIES OF WAR VICTIMS AND ORPHANGE WORLDWIDE. I WILL SEND TO YOU THE ISSUED DEPOSIT DOCUMENT WHICH WAS REGISTERED IN MY NAME AS EVIDENCE OF THE DEPOSIT.AND THE CHANGE OF OWNERSHIP DOCUMENT THAT WILL EMPOWER YOU AND TO ENSURE SMOTH MOVEMENT OF THE FUND FROM THE SECURITY\COURIER COMPANY TILL YOU ARE IN TOTAL CONTROLL THE FUND.PLZ LET ME KNOW BY YOUR RETURN E MAIL AND ALSO INCLUDE YOUR FULL NAMES,ADDRESS,CONTACT TELEPHONE NUMBER AND FAX TO ENABLE ME ESTABLISH A FIRM CONTACT WITH YOU. I WILL PROVIDE YOU WITH NECESSARY DETAILS AND THE ARRANGEMENT TO SECURE THE DEPOSIT AS SOON AS YOU INDICATE YOUR UTMOST INTREST.THANK YOU AND DO NOT CEASE IN PRAYING FOR US.REGARDS CPT.NELSON DAVID U.S MILITARY BASE IRAQ.

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