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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:
  • "insurance fee " (this will cost you money - be careful with upfront payments to anyone you only know through email, especially if they promise you a lot of money. Never ever send money by Western Union or MoneyGram to people you do not know personally. )
  • "trunk box" (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)
  • "million united states dollars" (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)
  • "million united state dollars" (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)
  • "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 "New Partner from Paraguay" scam.

Fraud email example:

From: jimpeters1@freenet.de
Date: Sun, 09 Mar 2008 02:20:50 +0100
Subject: CONTACT FEDEX FOR THE MONEY


My Dear Good Friend!

I have been waiting for you since to contact me
for your Confirmable Bank Draft of $1.2million United States Dollars,
but I did not hear from you since long time now. Then I went to the bank
to confirm if the Bank Draft has expired or getting near to expire and
Dr,AUDUH the Director Bank of Africa told me that before the draft will
get to your hand that it will expire. So I told him to cash the
$1.2million USD UNITED STATES DOLLARS to cash payment to avoid losing
this funds under expiration as I am out out of the country for a 6
Months Course and I will not come back till ending of november 2008.


What you have to do now is to contact FEDEX COURIER COMPANY as soon as
possible to know when they will deliver your Consignment to you,All the
necessary arrangement for delivering the $1.2million united state
dollarsS in cash was made with FEDEX COURIER COMPANY

The only money
you will send to FEDEX COURIER COMPANY to deliver your Consignment
direct to your postal Address in your country is (¤79 EUROS) SEVENTY
NINE EUROS only being Security Keeping Fee of the Courier Company so
far.Again because i have paid for insurance fee and others, don\'t be
deceived by anybody to pay any other money except (¤79 EUROS). I would
have paid that but they said no because they don\'t know when you will
contact them and in case of demurrage.

You have to contact FEDEX
COURIER COMPANY now for the delivery of your trunk box with this
information bellow;

CONTACT PERSOM; PASCAL .C .BALA,
EMAIL;
fedexccb@live.com

Finally, make sure that you provide your full
name,Postal address, Direct telephone number and a copy of your picture
to them to avoid any mistake on the Delivery and ask them to give you
the tracking number to enable you track your trunk box over there and
know when it will get to your address. Let me repeat again, try to
contact them as soon as you receive this mail to avoid any further delay
and remember to pay them their Security Keeping fee of (¤79 EUROS) for
their immediate action.

Note this. The FEDEX COURIER COMPANY don\'t
know the contents of the Box. I registered it as a BOX of Africa cloths.
They did not know the contents was money. this is to avoid them delaying
with the BOX. Don’t let them know that box contents money ok.


BEST REGARDS
DR BOB JOHN PEETE


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