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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:
  • "huge amount of money" (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)
  • "courier company" (Courier companies mentioned in 419 scams are always fake. They will have you send money to them, but won't deliver anything. )
  • "cotonou" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
• 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.
  • apexcouriercompanybenin01@yahoo.fr
  • apexcouriercompany12@myway.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "stanley chynoo" <stanleychynoo7@googlemail.com>
Date: Thu, 26 Jun 2008 05:55:45 +0200
Subject: DEAR FRIEND,CONTACT THE APEX DELIVERY COURIER COMPANY FOR YOUR FUND!!!


MULLS & COUNSELORS AT LAW)
06 BP 1409 AKPAKPA DODOMEY
COTONOU REPUBLIC OF BENIN.

Dearest Friend,

Happy weekend and greetings to you & your Family.I have been waitingfor you
since to contact me for your Confirmable Bank Draft of ($1.2m) United
States Dollars, but I did not hear from you since then ,Then I went and
deposited the Draft with Apex Courier Company ,Cotonou,Benin Republic,
before I travelled out of the country for a short Course and i will not
come back till end of next Month.What you have to do now is to contact the
Apex Courier Company as soon as possible to know when they will deliver
your package to you because of the expiring date.


Furthermore,For your information, I have paid for the delivering
Charges.,The only money you will send to the Apex Courier Company to deliver
your Draft direct to your postal Address in your country is ($115) only
being their Securit y Keeping Fee of the Courier Company so far.Again, Do
not be deceived by anybody to pay any other money except $115.00,I would
have paid that but they said no because they don't know when you will be!
contacting them and in case of demurrage.You have to contact the Apex
Courier Company now for the delivery of your Draft with this information
bellow. Apex Courier Company Benin Republic.

E-mail: (apexcouriercompanybenin01@yahoo.fr) OR (
apexcouriercompany12@myway.com )
Registration Reference No; wwdsc/xxx/100
Code Number:xxxdcsc/6545

Finally, make sure that you reconfirm your Postal /residental address and
Direct telephone number to them again to avoid any mistake on the Delivery
and 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 $115 for their immediate action.You should also Let me kno w
through email as soon as you receive your Draft.

Note. Apex Courier Company do not know the contents of the parcel.I
registered it as my photograph (pix) being sent to a friend overseas. They
do not know that it contains a bank draft of such a huge amount of
money.This is to avoid them tempering with the parkage. Do not let them know
know the contents.i am waiting to hear the good news from you.

Kindest Regards,
Mr Stanley Chynoo.

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