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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:
  • "diplomatic courier" ("diplomats" who perform deliveries of cash or other valuables to you only exist in 419 scams)
  • "courier company" (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 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.
  • +22997246747 (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.
  • g_b_c_company@sify.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: chiemebaa3@freenet.de
Date: Wed, 26 Mar 2008 21:05:32 +0100
Subject: CONTACT THE GLOBAL COMPANY FOR YOUR ATM MASTER CARD NOW.


Good day,
I have been waiting for you since regarding your ATM MASTER
CARD worth USD$1.2Million before I leave Cotonou Benin Republic but you
did not show face and I did not heard from you since that time, then I
went and deposited the ATM MASTER CARD with GLOBAL BASIC SECURITY &
DIPLOMATIC COURIER COMPANY there in my
country Benin Republic .
Please
for your informations ,I travelled to Japan to see my boss as he
instructed me and will not come back till next month end, Please You
have to contact the Global Basic Security & Diplomatic Courier Company
to know
when they will deliver your package to you there in your
country,
I have paid for the delivering charges and insurance fee. The
only money you have to send to them is their security keeping fee which
is $105.00 Us Dollars to received your ATM MASTER CARD I agreed with
them that you will pay the $105.00 Don\'t be deceived by any body
because I have paid for the delivery fee before they
accepted the
Delivery of your ATM MASTER CARD and was told that after one week you
will pay the Security keeping fee which is only $105.00 , DIRECTOR OF
THE COMPANY IS :
CONTACT PERSON: DAVID
NGAGA,
E-mail:g_b_c_company@sify.com
TELEPHONE: +229 9724 6747.
Try to
contact them as soon as possible to avoid increasing the security
keeping fee.I did not gave them your delivering address, So make sure
you include your home address/Telephone /Mobile when contacting the
company
to avoid any mistake in the delivering of your ATM MASTER CARD

Let me know as soon as you receive your ATM MASTER CARD once you
receive it I will give you the Bank number for you to collect your ATM
MASTER CARD SECRET PIN CODE which will be known by your alone for
withdraw of your funds,
And Iam very sorry for any inconvinence this
might have caused you but remember that it was\'nt my fault because I
waited for you to come down before I was called by my Director to join
him in Japan.
Remember to send them your Current Home address and
Telephone number/Mobile number, Don\'t be decive by anyone, the only
amount you will send them is $105.00 and remember that you can only
withdraw $7000.00 per day in any
available ATM machine in the globe, you
cannot withdraw more than $7000.00 a day.
The amount you have to send to
them is $105.00 to receive your atm master card.
Thanks
Mr.Baa Chieme

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