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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:
  • "barr." (Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.)
  • "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.
  • +22993073801 (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.
  • globalmaxcouriercompany98@yahoo.fr
  • barr.jameswilliams@freenet.de (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: barr.jameswilliams@freenet.de
Date: Sat, 29 Mar 2008 01:10:12 +0100
Subject: Attention Please,


Attention Please,



We have Paid the Global Max Courier Company the
delivery fee for the
delivery of your fund ($1.5million) 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 $1.500.000.00 before it will
expire.So i told
director of Global Max Courier company to please help
in re-activating
the card before delivering it to you, So the only fee
you will pay him
is $105re-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 $105usd that they will use in re-activating the CARD and
also in
dicate this code (SC0081) whe n writen or calling he director,
because
it will prove that you are the owner of the ATM MASTER CARD.



GLOBAL
MAX COURIER COMPANY REPUBLIC OF BENIN
DR. WILLIE DEVIS
(DIRECTOR)
EMAIL:(globalmaxcouriercompany98@yahoo.fr)
Telephone: +229-93
07-38-01




SEND THE BELOW INFORMATION TO THE GLOBAL COURIER 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(SC0081) to him ok.



BEST
REGARD
Brr.James Williams barr.jameswilliams@freenet.de

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