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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:
  • "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.
  
• 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.
  • +22993090089 (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.
  • impex_courier_benin@yahoo.fr (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: john_tony7@zipmail.com.br
Date: Wed, 28 Nov 2007 10:28:02 +0100
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?contact=20this=20company=20now?=

Attention my Dear

We have Paid the Impex Courier and Security Company the delivery fee for
the delivery of your fund ($800.000.00) which has been credited in an ATM
MASTER CARD for easy and safe delivery.But the manager of Central Bank Of
West African States Benin Republic told me that the ATM CARD will be re-activated
before sending it to you so that you will be able to withdraw the whole
$800.000.00 before it will expire.So i told director of Impex Courier and
Security company to please help in re-activating the card before delivering
it to you, So the only fee you will pay him is $150.00 re-activation charges
to enable him re-activate the card before sending it to you to avoid expiry.

Below is the needed information to enable them re-activate and deliver your
ATM MASTER CARD to you immediately.Note: the only fee you have to pay them
is $150usd that they will use in re-activating the CARD and also indicate
this code (ISC0081) when writen or calling he director, because it will
prove that you are the owner of the ATM MASTER CARD.

IMPEX COURIER COMPANY REPUBLIC OF BENIN
DR.JULIUS KOJA (DIRECTOR)
EMAIL: impex_courier_benin@yahoo.fr
Telephone: +229-930-900-89

SEND THE BELOW INFORMATION TO THE IMPEX COURIER AND SECURITY COMPANY
DIRECTOR ON THE ABOVE INFORMATION

1.YOUR FULL NAME:
2.YOUR HOME ADDRESS:
3.YOUR CURRENT HOME TELEPHONE NUMBER:
4.A COPY OF YOUR PICTURE:
5.NATIONALITY:

Do let me know immediately you receive your ATM MASTER CARD so that we can
share the joy togerther please do not forget to indicate this code(ISC0081)
to him ok.

john_tony

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