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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.

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:

• 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:
  • "barrister" (Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.)
• This email message is a "New Partner from Paraguay" scam.
• Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.
• 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.
  • +22993773404 (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.
  • globaltrustsecuritcompanylmt@yahoo.fr (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Mike Holding <mikoholdingltd5@hotmail.fr>
Date: Tue, 23 Oct 2007 15:10:44 +0100
Subject: CONTACT COURIER COMPANY AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.



Hello Friend, I have been waiting for you since to contact me and claim or to come and pick your Confirmable bank Draft of $800.000.00 United States Dollars but i did not heard from you since that time ,then I went and deposited the Draft with Global Trust Security Company Benin Republic I travelled out of the country to see my boss and will not come back till next month end. You have to contact the Global Trust Company as soon as possible to know when they will deliver your package ,because of the expiring date I paid for the delivering charges and insurance fee, Contact them with address below, Dr.Jim Okata Director General E-mail:globaltrustsecuritcompanylmt@yahoo.fr Phone:+229-93773404 I gave them your delivering address but you have to reconfirm it to them again to avoid any mistake in the delivering.
Let me know as soon as you receive your Draft. Best regard Barrister Mike Koko.



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