419 scam: DIPLOMAT ALLEN GEORGE <ALLEN@HGC.COM> FROM: GLOBAL COURIER DIPLOMATIC SERVICES (UK) LONDON

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"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam

The so-called "419" scam is a type of fraud dominated by criminals from Nigeria and other countries in Africa. Victims of the scam are promised a large amount of money, such as a lottery prize, inheritance, money sitting in some bank account, etc.

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.

Keep in mind that scammers DO NOT use their real names when defrauding people.
The criminals either abuse names of real people or companies or invent names or addresses.
Any real people or companies mentioned below have NO CONNECTION to the scammers!

Read more about such scams here or in our 419 FAQ. Use the Scam-O-Matic to verify suspect emails.

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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

This email uses a separate reply address that is different from the sender address. Spammers use this to get replies even when the original spam sending accounts have been shut down. Also, sometimes the sender addresses are legitimate looking but fake and only the reply address is actually an email account controlled by the scammers.
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)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
This email lists mobile phone numbers. Use of such numbers is typical for scams because they allow criminals to conceal their true location. They can receive calls in an Internet cafe from where they send you emails, while pretending to be in some office.
- +447024057719 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)
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.
- diplomatallengeorge59@yahoo.co.uk (Yahoo, United Kingdom; can be used from anywhere worldwide)

Fraud email example:

From: DIPLOMAT ALLEN GEORGE <ALLEN@HGC.COM>
Reply-To: smith_910@yahoo.com.hk
Date: Fri, 04 Dec 2009 18:54:03 +0200
Subject: FROM: GLOBAL COURIER DIPLOMATIC SERVICES (UK) LONDON

GLOBAL COURIER DIPLOMATIC SERVICES
(UK) LONDON
TELEPHONE: +447024057719
CELLPHONE: +447024037506
#45-34 PASEN ST (UK) LONDON.
EMAIL: diplomatallengeorge59@yahoo.co.uk
Office E-mail: globalcourier.gov.uk@emailclick.com

We are Diplomatic Corp that holds special and valuable consignments for
reputable clients that are honest and trustworthy.
We work in collaboration with top firms all over the world as we have earned a
name as a service whose hallmarks in reliability and confidentiality
are revered.

International missions, Diplomats, Embassies of the world have used
our services
to satisfaction.
A benefactor has mandated me to get someone that can assist her and her family
in retrieving her package containing some amount of money from a
Diplomatic Corp
in Europe.

The benefactor and her children have been confined only to their country home
and all their calls and movements are monitored, as a result, its absoultely
impossible for them to do anything as regards retrieving the money.

Their only means of communication is via internet and you are being contacted
because your assistance is needed in claiming the funds on their behalf.

The amount was accrued from Diamond sales over a period of six years and its
USD75M (Seventy Five Million U.S.Dollars).
These funds are fully free of any liens, or encumbrances and are clean, clear
and has no criminal origin.

The funds have nothing to do with any form of illegality and all
documentations
needed to prove the source of the funds were submitted when the funds
were being
deposited and these documents would prove the source of the funds and
authenticate the fact that the funds are clean and has no links
whatsoever with
either drugs or terrorism.

For your assistance in this transaction,the benefactor and her Children have
agreed to give you 30% of the total amount of money which is equivalent to
US$22.5 Million (Twenty Two Million,Five Hundred Thousand United
States Dollars)
and this role simply entails
retrieving the funds on their behalf from the Diplomats in Europe and all the
information needed to claim the funds would be sent to you as soon as you
indicate your interest in assisting them as well as providing the following
information to facilitate the smooth conclusion of the transaction.

1) Your Full Name: ___________________________
2) Your Address:_______________________________
3) Your Telephone Number:________________________
4) Your Fax Number: __________________________
5) Your Mobile Number:_____________________________
6) The Name of the Closest Airport to your City of
Residence:_____________________

I await your response Urgently.
From Dr. Allen George (CEO)

****PRIVATE & CONFIDENTIAL*****
This e-mail and any attached files are confidential
and may be legally privileged.
If you are not the addressee, any disclosure,
reproduction, copying,distribution, or other
dissemination or use of this communication is strictly
prohibited.

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