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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)
  • "diplomatic courier" ("diplomats" who perform deliveries of cash or other valuables to you only exist in 419 scams)
  • "the diplomat " ("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. )
  • "remain blessed" (scammers in West Africa like to use religious phrases)
• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  
• 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.
  • courierukzenith@yahoo.fr (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "paturban2007 Gazeta.pl" <paturban2007@gazeta.pl>
Date: Mon, 26 May 2008 11:22:53 +0200
Subject: CONTACT ZENITH COURIER FOR YOUR PACKAGE


CONTACT ZENITH COURIER FOR YOUR PACKAGE

Attn: My Dear,

I have paid the fee for your Check Draft. Because the manager of Eko Bank
Benin told me that before the check will get to you that it will expire. So
I told him to cash $1.5M, all the necessary arrangement of delivering the
$1.5M in cash was made with DIPLOMATIC COURIER DELIVERY COMPANY SERVICE.

This is the information of the contact person of Diplomatic Courier
Company.

Name: FREDRICK MANTU
EMAIL: courierukzenith@yahoo.fr

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, you have to reconfirm delivery information to them again to
avoid any mistake on the delivering.

Reconfirm below information to the company.
Your Full Name-----------------------
Your Address---------------------------
Home telephone---------------------
Office telephone (if any)---------------------

Let me know immediately you receive your package and check the contents
whether the complete of the total $1.5M.

Please make sure you send this needed info to the Director General of
Diplomatic Courier Delivery Company Service, "FREDRICK MANTU" with the
address given to you.

Note; The DIPLOMATIC COURIER DELIVERY COMPANY SERVICE don't know the actual
content of the Box, I registered it as Box of African cloths. The diplomat
Agent don't know that it contains money, this is to avoid them delaying with
the Box, don't let the Diplomat Agent know that it is money that is in that
Box.

I am waiting for your urgent response.

Thanks and Remain Blessed.

Pat Urban

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