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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:
  • "diplomatic courier" ("diplomats" who perform deliveries of cash or other valuables to you only exist in 419 scams)
  • "courier service" (Courier companies mentioned in 419 scams are always fake. They will have you send money to them, but won't deliver anything. )
  • "cotonou" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
• 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.
  • info_globaltdcs1@ubbi.com

Fraud email example:

From: johnemene@freenet.de
Date: Wed, 19 Mar 2008 16:38:13 +0100
Subject: CONTACT INFO GLOBAL TRUST DIPLOMATIC COURIER SERVICE


Compliment of the seasons .

Good day!
How are you today, I am writing
this to inform you that with the help of my boss and the attorney
general that your Draft which has been with me since, And I went to the
bank to confirm if the draft has expired or getting near to expire and
Mr. yessoufou charaf the Director of foreign currency remittance
department in the Bank of Africa (BOA) here in cotonou, Benin public,
told me that before the draft will get to your hand, that it will
expired. So I told him to convert the draft to cash, glory be to God, he
has converted it to cash of $1.5million USD UNITED STATES DOLLARS for
cash payment to avoid losing this funds under expiration.

However,
all the necessary arrangement for delivering of your $1.5million USD
UNITED STATES DOLLARS in cash has been made with the GLOBAL TRUST
DIPLOMATIC COURIER SERV here in Cotonou Benin Republic, Mr.yessoufou
charaf the Director of foreign currency remittance department in the
Bank of Africa (BOA) Cotonou , Benin Republic has package the sum of
$1.5million USD in cash for you.

I Registered the TRUCK BOX with
GLOBAL TRUST DIPLOMATIC COURIER SERV for you to receive the money in
cash through DIPLOMATIC MEANS. Infarct I thank GOD ALMIGHTY for all that
has happen because that is his hand work, every thing went normally. As
for our arrangement with the GLOBAL TRUST DIPLOMATIC COURIER SERIVCE the
promised that your TRUCK BOX will leave the shore of this Country as
soon as they received requested contact from you, and they also promised
to deliver your TRUCK BOX to you at your door step.

But Dr. Collins
Anthony Johnson director general of the GLOBAL TRUST DIPLOMATIC COURIER
SERVICE said that they needed your contact\'s information to enable
them, meet up with you upon the arrival of their Diplomat Agents in your
Country\'s airport Please write a letter of application to the given
address below.

ATTN: Dr Collins Anthony Johnson
Email:
info_globaltdcs1@ubbi.com
Please, Send them your contacts information to
enable them locate you immediately they arrived in your country with
your TRUCK BOX .This is what Dr. Collins Anthony Johnson the director
general needed from you.

1. YOUR FULL NAME....
...................................
2.YOUR HOME
ADDRESS......................................
3. YOU’RE CURRENT
HOME TELEPHONE NUMBER....
4.YOUR MOBILE PHONE
NUMBER.........................
5.YOUR OCCUPATION.....
.......................................
6. YOUR
AGE.........................................................
7.A COPY OF
YOUR PICTURE...................................

Please make sure send
this contact details to the director of GLOBAL TRUST DIPLOMATIC COURIER
SERVICE Dr. Collins Anthony Johnson with the address given to you and
make sure they are correct to avoid wrong delivery.

I advise that you
keep everything within yourself, do not go about telling people to avoid
enemies of progress or anything that can jeopardise safety delivery of
the TRUCK BOX to you, at your door step. Understand?

Regards.

CONTACT: Mrs. IFEANYI GOZIE.
NB;IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTION TO ASK ME OR
ANY ADVISE FROM ME
CONTACT ME ON MY PRIVATE MAIL BOX
ifeagozie78@y7mail.com

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