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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:
  • "barr." (Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.)
  • "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.
  
• Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.
• 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.
  • globalspeedlimitedcouriercompany@yahoo.fr

Fraud email example:

From: "office fileinfo" <officefileinfo31@latinmail.com>
Date: Tue, 9 Oct 2007 18:54:08 +0200 (CEST)
Subject: CONTACT GLOBAL SPEED LIMITED COURIER COMPANY


=20
Hello my dear,
=20
I have been waiting for you since to come down here and pick your money=
but I did not heard from you since that time as we fixed.Then I went a=
nd deposited the $1.5,000 000.00 Million USA Dollars,as consignment box=
to GLOBAL SPEED LIMITED COURIER COMPANY in Benin Republic,because I t=
ravelled to SAUDI ARABIA to visit my friend and i will not come back
till next month ending.=20
=20
I want You to contact the GLOBAL SPEED LIMITED COURIER COMPANY to know=
when they will deliver your package. I have paid for the delivering ch=
arges.The only money you have to send to them is the,security keeping f=
ee which is $95.00 Us Dollars to received your package.
=20
CONTACT PERSON; DR.DAVID AKA DISTRICT
MANAGER GLOBAL SPEED LIMITED COURIER COMPANY BENIN REPUBLIC =20
E-mail:( globalspeedlimitedcouriercompany@yahoo.fr )
=20
CONTACT PHONE 229-9369-7920
=20
Try to contact them as soon as possible to avoid increasing the dumoura=
ge. I gave them your delivering address but you have to reconfirm it to=
them again to avoid any mistake on the delivering.Reconfirm below info=
rmation to the company.
Your Full Name-----------------------
Your Address---------------------------
Home telephone---------------------
Office telephone---------------------
Your pic----------------------------------=20
Your occupation-------------------------
Let me know as soon as you receive your package,and check the contents =
weather the complete of the total $1.5,000 000.00
=20
Regards
Barr.Nelson Udo (ESQ)
=20


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