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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:
  • "waiting for your urgent response" (scammers rush victims so they don't have time to think properly)
  • "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.
  • +22993698025 (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.fedexcourierservice555@yahoo.fr (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: jameswilliams3@freenet.de
Date: Mon, 31 Mar 2008 16:14:31 +0200
Subject: FEDEX COURIER COMAPNY BENIN BRANCH


Good day!

I have been waiting for you since to contact us for your
Confirmable Bank Draft of$800,000 United States Dollars,Then I went to
the bank to confirm if the draft has expired or getting near to expire
and Mr.Justin John 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 $800,000 USD UNITED STATES DOLLARS to cash payment to avoid losing
this funds under expiration as I will be out of the country for a
3Months Course.What you have to do now is to contact the FEDEX COURIER
COMPANY with your information to able 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 HOME TELEPHONE
NUMBER.
4.YOUR CELL TELEPHONE NUMBER
5.YOUR COUNTRY
6.A COPY OF YOUR
PICTURE

For your information, I have paid for the delivering
Charge,Insurance premium. The only money you will send to the Courier
Company to deliver your Consignment direct to your postal Address in
your country is($105.00 US) only being Security Keeping Fee of the
Courier Company so far.Contact them now with the below
informationsContact Person: DR.Ugo Lord
Email
Address:(info.fedexcourierservice555@yahoo.fr)
CONTACT
PHONE+229-9369-8025 OR 0022997824166

Finally,They did not know the
contents was money.this is to avoid them delaying with the BOX.I am
waiting for your urgent response.
Yours Faithfully,
jamse williams


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