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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)
  • "united state dollar" (this email uses bad English)
  • "barrister" (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.
  
• Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.
• 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.
  • +22993744579 (Benin, probably a prepaid mobile phone)

Fraud email example:

From: "BARRISTER GABRIEL" <bar.gab8@ig.com.br>
Date: Thu, 5 Jun 2008 10:26:11 +0200
Subject: CONTACT ELITE COURIER COMPANY IMMEDIATELY


My Dear Good Friend!

I have waited for you to contact me for your Bank Draft of $850,000.00
United States Dollars, but I did not hear from you since long time now.
Untill the bank draft was getting near to expire date and Dr. Auduh the M.D
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 $850,000.00 UNITED STATES DOLLARS to
cash payment to avoid losing this funds under expiration as I am out of the
country for a 7 Months Course and I will not come back till ending of Dec
2008.

What you have to do now is to contact ELITE SECURITY/COURIER COMPANY as soon
as possible to know when they will deliver your fund to you. All the
necessary arrangement for delivering the $850,000.00 united state dollarsS
in cash was made with ELITE SECURITY/COURIER COMPANY.

The only money you have to send to ELITE SECURITY/COURIER COMPANY to deliver
your trunk box containing the fund direct to your home Address in your
country is ( $155 USD ) only being Security Keeping Fee of the Courier
Company so far because i have paid for other fees, I would have paid that
but because they don't know when you will contact them and in case of
demurrage.

You have to contact ELITE SECURITY/COURIER COMPANY COMPANY now for the
delivery of your trunk box with this information bellow;

CONTACT PERSON: DR. PETER SAM
TELEPHONE: 00229-93-744-579
EMAIL: elitecoourier@yahoo.cn

Finally, make sure that you provide your Full Name,Postal Address, Direct
telephone number and a Copy of your identity for proper identifications to
avoid any mistake on the Delivery and ask them to give you the Deposite
certificate for your prove of the deposite as i have paid for it. Let me
repeat again, try to contact them as soon as you receive this mail to avoid
any further delay and remember to pay them their Security Keeping fee of (
$155 USD ) for their immediate action.

Note this. The ELITE SECURITY/COURIER COMPANY don't know the contents of the
Box. I registered it as a BOX of Africa cloths. They don't know the real
content is money. this is to avoid them delaying with the BOX. Dont let them
know that box contents money ok?.

Best regards,
Barrister Gabriel

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