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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:
  • "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)
  • "cashier's check" (Beware of any scheme that involves cashing checks or money orders and then wiring a portion of the funds somewhere - you'll be liable for the entire amount if the checks or money orders turn out to be fake, even after you have received and forwarded cash)
• 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.
  • +22997605011 (Benin, probably a prepaid mobile phone)
• 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.
  • atlassec_courier@diplomats.com

Fraud email example:

From: JAMES OBI <secretary_jamesobi2002@yahoo.fr>
Date: Fri, 1 Sep 2006 15:39:47 +0200 (CEST)
Subject: CONTACT COURIER COMPANY FOR DELIVERY.


Dear VICTIMNAME VICTIMNAME,

How are you today, together with your family? I hope all is well with you all, as we are doing good here. I wish to inform you that due to your delay in getting your Bank draft send to you, the cashier's check has expired and I took it to my boss's Bank here to know if it will still be useful in anyway and the branch manager assisted in clearing the draft through clearing department of the Bank. However, I borrowed money from my church members to clear the draft since it has to go through clearing department of the Bank.

As it may interest you, God used my boss's lawyer and the Bank manager to arrange a safe delivery of the fund to your door step by a diplomatic courier services. Your total $1,800,000.00 was cleared/cashed and packed in a special diplomatic courier box with presidential seal of approval for delivery.

Meanwhile, the box has been deposited with Atlas Security & Courier Services for delivery therefore, you should write an application to the courier company with your identification int'l passport or drivers's licence and your address where they will deliver the box to you.

Dr. Jeremy J. William
Director, Atlas Security & Courier Services
Tel: +229 976 050 11
Email: atlassec_courier@diplomats.com
Website: atlassecuritycourierservices.new.fr

For security reasons I kept the codes to the box so let me know immediately you receive the box so that I can give you the code to open it and verify the contents before paying the diplomat their full delivery charges of $35,000. And you should send back the money I borrowed from my church members to clear your Bank draft immediately you receive your box as well.

Let me know when you contact the courier company and when the diplomat will move here to deliver the box to your door step.

Thanks for your understanding and congratulations.

My regards to your family,
Mr. James Obi.


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