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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:
  • "dear friend" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "the consignment" (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 "New Partner from Paraguay" scam.
• 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.
  • fedexdestinationservice@tlen.pl (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "engerlaw17 Gazeta.pl" <engerlaw17@gazeta.pl>
Date: Fri, 6 Jun 2008 14:26:32 +0200
Subject: Dear friend,I am leaving this country,urgently contact director FedEx Comapny Benin.


Dear friend,I am leaving this country,urgently contact director FedEx
Comapny Benin.

Sorry to hear this news, the fault is not from my side rather your action
last time. I went to the bank to confirm if the draft has expired or getting
near to expire,fustunately, Dr.Wilson the Director Of EcoBank Benin told me
that before the draft will get to your hand that it will expire.So I told
him to cash the $950,000.00(Nine hundred and fifty thousand US Dollars only)
to cash payment to avoid loosing this funds under expiration and I will be
out of this country soon for 3 Months Course and Investment Project. I will
not come back till ending of January 2009.Dr.Wilson EcoBank Director have
converted the fund into cash and helped me lodged the funds inside a Copper
box before I deposited as a Consignment with FedEx Agency Delivery Comapny
in Benin Republic.Please note that I did not disclose to the FedEx director
that the content of the Consignment box is cash money,instead I registered
it as consignment of African Cloths which you order for samples.I told
M/D.Benard Kalu that you want to share the cloths to all your customers in
your city,this was for security reason and to ensure that your compensaction
fund reached you safely.

Please urgently contact the FedEx Agency Benin Republic to know when they
will deliver your package(fund).I have paid for the delivering charges.So be
advised to contact the Courier Director through this below details and
reconfirm to him the information and address where to send the Package to
you since the fund is coming in cash.

CONTACT:Mr.Benard Kalu
MANAGER:(FedEx Agency International Home Service)
CONTACT PHONE:+22993890618
E-mail:(fedexdestinationservice@tlen.pl)

Try to contact Mr.Benard Kalu as soon as possible to avoid increasing the
Security Keeping fee. I would have given them the address but I later
thought you have to reconfirm it to them again to avoid any mistake on the
delivery and to be sure the fund is delivered to the nominated address of
your Choice.

Reconfirm below information to the company.
(1) your full name
(2) home addresses
(3) phone number.
(4)a copy of your picture to avoid wrong delivery.
(5)remember to include registration number (fd48hb) and deposited
date,4/06/2008. to avoid them deliver another person package to you.

Send the above data to enable Mr.Kalu instruct for the delivery immediately
as you can understand that government of this country will confiscate the
fund if I transfer it direct to your account.Call Dr.Marthins Dave(EcoBank
Accountant Officer,phone,0022993771892)for the key of the Copper box because
they advice me not to send the key with thesame FedEx Company for security
reasons.I plead him to send it to you.Do not risk to delay the box because
no body in the company is away expect the Bank that directed me to transfer
the fund to you through FedEx company.I will be totally busy when I arrived
Brazil so let me know as soon as you receive your package content from FedEx
company.



Best Regards
Engr.Lawrence J.Kole.

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