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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:
  • "i will like you to " (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "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)
  • "million 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)
  • "united state of america" (this email uses bad English)
  • "diplomatic courier" ("diplomats" who perform deliveries of cash or other valuables to you only exist in 419 scams)
  • "the diplomat " ("diplomats" who perform deliveries of cash or other valuables to you only exist in 419 scams)
• This email message is a next of kin scam.
• 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.
  • frankkibaki22@yahoo.com.hk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Kibaki" <kibaki@apearance.com>
Reply-To: frankkibaki22@yahoo.com.hk
Date: Mon, 2 Feb 2009 09:20:05 -0700
Subject: PLEASE READ CAREFULLY AND ASSIST US RECEIVE OUR CONSIGNMENT,REPLY ASAP



Dear,

My name is Frank Kibaki and my sister Jane Kibaki,we are Kenyan
National,who is currently at the refugee camp here in Accra-Ghana.Kindly
reply us on our Email below (frankkibaki22@yahoo.com.hk) Please i will like
you to assist me and my sister to retrieve and receive our consignment over
there in American that contains $25million United States dollars and some
quantity of gold and Diamond, which I cannot specify.

The consignment is presently in American.The consignments get to the state
through the help of a diplomatic courier agent Dr Clinton komelo.The fact
is that Dr Clinton Komelo is suppose to have delivered the consignment to a
man called MR.WAYNE RICHARDSON in American.The week Dr Clinton Komelo is
suppose to deliver the consignment to him, when he got to American after
clearing the consignment from the Airport,he call MR.WAYNE RICHARDSON to
tell him the description to is house. for the delivery,but his wife
answered the call and told Dr Clinton Komelo that her husband MR.WAYNE
RICHARDSON hard a fatal car accident which lead to his death some few hours
later.MR.WAYNE RICHARDSON has already paid the demur rages from the
security company, he paid for Bullion van that took the consignment to the
airport and he paid for custom check report he also assisted us in getting
the DRUG / ANTI TERRORIST CERTIFICATE, but he has already acquire it,

but unfortunately he died in a car accident, that was why Dr Clinton Komelo
has to deposit the consignment with a warehouse over there in American and
called us to informed us about what is happening,and told us to look for a
new beneficiary to received the consignment.So please i will like you to
assist me and my Sister to received the consignment from the diplomat in
the UNITED STATE OF AMERICA NOW.

If you accept to assist us in being our new beneficiary please kindly get
back to us with your delivery address and phone number so we can forward to
the courier agent in UNITED STATE OF AMERICA,for him to contact you for
immediate delivery of our consignment to you.

Thanks and God bless you
Frank & Jane Kibaki.
Please Kindly Reply Us On Our Private Email Below.
(frankkibaki22@yahoo.com.hk)

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