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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:
  • "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)
  • "million united states dollars" (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)
  • "i will advice you " (this email uses bad English)
  • "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.
  
• 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.
  • fedexcourierexpress222@yahoo.fr (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "john peter" <johnpeter99@gala.net>
Date: Wed, 9 Jul 2008 03:20:08 +0100
Subject: IMMEDIATE ACTION NEEDED.


ATTENTION!!! .
I have been waiting for you to come down here and pick your $1.500 000.00
USD but I did not heard from you since, Then I went and deposit the money as
a consignment boxes to FEDEX COURIER COMPANY in Benin Republic because I
travelled to SAUDI ARABIA and i will not come back till next month end.

I want You to contact the FEDEX COURIER office immediately to know when they
will deliver your consignment boxes to you, Moreover, I want to let you know
that no body else knows about the contents inside the box expect Dr. Philip
Agogo the director, So please waist no time in contacting them with the
below information.

I have paid for the delievery fee so the only money you have to send to them
now is the security keeping fee of your consignment, Again i will advice you
to be friendly with Dr. Philip Agogo the director because he alone have the
idea of the content of your consignment, But i did not give him the key of
the boxes, So please take note that as soon as they deliver the consignment
use this ( CODE NUMBERS TO OPEN THE THREE BOXES TO KNOW IF THE COMPLETE OF
1.5MILLION USD IS IN IT ) The first Box Code ( 0036589 ) The second Box Code
( 0014759 ) The Third Code ( 4475855 ) Finally, i want you to keep this Code
Numbers confidential in your home as to avoid another person getting in
touch with your money.

The informations of the company is as below/

Dr. Philip Agogo.
Director Fedex Courier Company Benin Branch.
E-mail: ( fedexcourierexpress222@yahoo.fr )

Try to contact them as soon as possible to avoid increasing the security
keeping fee I gave them your delivering address but you have to reconfirm to
them your current address again as to avoid them making mistake in
delievering your consignment to your home, reconfirm below information to
the company immediately and tell them to send to you the airwaybill reciept
as soon as you send them the security fee.

I would have paid the security fee for you but they said no because they
dont know when you will contact them so please they are waiting for you to
contact them with your information to avoid mistake in delivery, and let
them know also that they should waist no time in sending to you the tracking
number of your consignment so that you can be able to track it and know when
it will arrive your country.

Your Full Name-----------------------
Your Current Address---------------------------
Home telephone---------------------
Office telephone---------------------
Your pic----------------------------------

Let me know as soon as you receive your consignment,and check the contents
weather the complete of the total $1.500 000.00 million united states
dollars is in it, please always call them to know the condition of this
three boxes because you know the content so please let it be very important
to you So try and do everything possible to make sure that this three boxes
gets to your home with out any delay.

Regards.

Mr. john peter.

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