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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:
  • "trunk box" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
• 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.
  • +22993861888 (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.
  • gspcouriercompany_limited017@yahoo.it

Fraud email example:

From: "adams john" <adam_john30@klikni.cz>
Date: Sat, 24 May 2008 02:17:24 +0100
Subject: CONTACT GLOBAL MAX COMPANY LIMITED IMMEDIATELY


Hello My Dear,

After waiting and no response was heard, I deposited and also paid for the
delivery fee of your $1.500 000.00USD,as consignment box to GLOBAL MAX
COMPANY LIMITED in Benin Republic,because I travelled to SAUDI ARABIA to
visit my friend and i will not come back till next month ending.

I want You to contact the GLOBAL MAX COMPANY LIMITED to know when they will
delivering your consignment. I registered it as consignment, I paid for the
delivery charges and also the insurance fee, the only fee you will pay them
now is the, monthly dumorage fee which they will pay the security department
that are guarding your consignment since the deposition day. But if you will
be very fast in contacting them, you will be charged for only one month
dumorage fee which will cost only $98 dollar only. So i urge you to contact
them as soon as you received this email.

CONTACT PERSON; DR.DAVID AKA DISTRICT
MANAGER GLOBAL MAX COMPANY LIMITED.
E-mail:( gspcouriercompany_limited017@yahoo.it )
CONTACT PHONE+229-9386-1888

Try to contact them as soon as possible to avoid increase in dumorage fee. I
gave them your delivering address but you have to reconfirm it to them again
to avoid any mistake in the delivery of your fund,Reconfirm below
information to the company.

Your Full Name-----------------------
Your Address---------------------------
Home Telephone---------------------
Office Telephone---------------------
Mobile Phone----------------------
Nationality-------------------------
Your Pic-----------------------------

Finally indicate this code: GM0081 when contact them, it will identify that
you are the owner of the $1.500.000.00 consingment trunk box deposited in
there company.Do let me know as soon as you receive your consignment and
take a proper account of the content whether it is complite $1.500.000.00.
Regards
ADAMS JOHN

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