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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:
  • "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)
  • "united state dollar" (this email uses bad English)
• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  
• 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.
  • un_courrier_mailling_company_ben@yahoo.fr (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: WORLD BANK TRUST PAYMENT <wb_plc05@hotmail.fr>
Date: Mon, 29 Oct 2007 18:15:55 +0000
Subject: URGENT REPLY



Greetings to you & your Family.This mail have sent to you from World Bank trust transaction: In regards of your $1.500.000.00 United State Bank draft, Central Bank have been waiting for you since to arrange your bank draft payment to avoide expire and they failed on hear from you for the several contacted they made to your email to assure you your payment, Today morning Monday 30th Oct 2007 We received an email from central bank and they informed us that your $1.500.000.00 bank draft have been cashed and par this country policy, they package the total amount in aron box and it have been deposited onther security & courrier shipping company with agreement to deliver the consignment to you immediately you contact security & courrier shipping company with your mailling contact where to mail the box to you:
COMFIRM YOUR MAILING ADDRESS TO SECURITY & COURRIER COMPANY:
Your mailling address to mail you the Box----- 1. Name-------------------------------------------------------------2. Sexuel-----------------------------------------------------------3. Your Tel --------------------------------------------------------4. Your age--------------------------------------------------------5. Your occupation --------------------------------------------6. CONTAINT OF YOUR BOX IS; $.500.000.00. UNITED STATE DOLLARS7. Aattche your Identity number to register it on your box.
THIS IS INFO TO CONTACT SECURITY & COURIER SHIPPING COMPANY:
Email: un_courrier_mailling_company_ben@yahoo.fr Director name: THOMAS CHIMU Your Box No: CX603312PCDopisited By: Edmond Daniel. Director of World Bank.
Try to contact them as soon as you receive this mail to avoid Any further delay. This will not cost you much money, it will cost you only ($390.00) for shipping air-way bill fees, Please don't let any body to know content of the box because we have not tell the company the real content of your box. You should also Let me know as soon as you receive your $1.500.000.00 Box!.
Yours Faithfully,Edmond Daniel. Director of World Bank.
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