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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:
  • "waiting for your urgent response" (scammers rush victims so they don't have time to think properly)
  • "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. )
  • "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.
• 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.
  • +22993488281 (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.
  • info_fedexcouriercompany1800@yahoo.fr

Fraud email example:

From: jimpeters29@freenet.de
Date: Fri, 21 Mar 2008 19:22:34 +0100
Subject: GOOD NEWS.


Goodday!

I have been waiting for you since to contact me for your
Confirmable Bank Draft of $1.500,000 United States Dollars,but I did not
hear from you since that time.Then I went to the Bank to confirm if the
draft has expired or getting near to expire and Mr.Justin Yayi 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 $1.500,000 USD UNITED
STATES DOLLARS to cash payment to avoid losing this funds under
expiration as I will be out of the country for a 3 Months Course and I
will not come back till end of JUNE 2008.

What you have to do now is to
contact the FEDEX COURIER COMPANY as soon as possible to know when they
will deliver your package to you because of the expiring date. For your
information, I have paid for the Registeration fee and Delivering Charge
for safe delivery of your consignment to your country without a ny
delay.

The only money yo u will se nd to the Courier Company to deliver
your Consignment direct to your postal Address in your country is
($105.00 US) One Hundred & five United States Dollars only being
Security Keeping Fee of the Courier Company so far.Again,don\'t be
deceived by anybody to pay any other money except $105.00 US Dollars.I
would have paid that but they said no because they don\'t know when you
will contact them and in case of demurrage.

For your information, You
have to contact the FEDEX COURIER COMPANY now for the delivery of your
Draft with this information below:

Contact Person: Dr. Edward
Zoro
Email Address: ( info_fedexcouriercompany1800@yahoo.fr )
Tel/FAX:
+229-934-882-81.

Please, Send them your contacts information to enable
them locate you immediately they arrived in your country with your BOX.


This is what they need from you:

1).YOUR FULL NAME
2).YOUR HOME
ADDRESS.
3).YOUR CURRENT H OME TELEPHONE NUMBER.
4).YOUR CURRENT OFFICE
T ELEPHONE .
5).SECURITY KEEPING FEE $105.00

Try to contact them as
soon as you receive this mail to avoid any further delay and ask them to
give you information on how you will send the Security keeping fee to
them for immediate delivery of your consignment.

Note this.The FEDEX
DIPLOMATIC COURIER SERVICE company don\'t now 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.

I am waiting for your urgent
response.

Yours Faithfully,
Mr.Jim Peters.


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