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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:
  • "you are advice to " (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 "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.
  • achillessscc@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "odoko yahaya" <odokoya24@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 10 Jul 2008 08:17:57 +0000
Subject: GOOD NEWS!!!


Hello once Again

I have been waiting for you since to contact me for your Confirmable Bank
Draft of $950.000.00 United States

Dollars, but I did not hear from you since for a couple of weeks now. Then I
went to the bank to confirm if the

draft has expired or getting near to expire and Dr. Wilson the Director of
Africa Development Bank told me that

before the draft will get to your hand that it will expire also many Foreign
banks are reluctant to honor Bank Draft

usually come from Africa,so he decided that it would be better that he
convert the Bank Draft into cash and

packaged your funds of USD950.000.00 in form of Personal Diplomatic Package
and send it to you via special

diplomatic means and you will receive your funds in your Country.

So I told him to cash the $950.000.00. USD UNITED STATES DOLLARS to cash
payment to avoid losing this funds

since Foreign banks are reluctant to honor Bank Draft that comes from Africa
as I will be out of the country for a 3

Months Course and I will not come back till ending of September 2008.

What you have to do now is to contact Achilless Security And Courier as soon
as possible to know when they will

deliver your Package to you because of the expiring date. For your
information, I have paid for the delivering

Charge, Insurance premium.

The only money you will send to the Courier Company to deliver your Package
direct to your postal Address in

your country is ($120.00 US) One Hundred & Twenty United States Dollars
only being Security Keeping Fee of the

Courier Company so far, I would have paid that but they said no because they
don't know when you will contact

them and in case of demurrage.

You are advice to contact Achilless Security And Courier now for the
delivery of your fund with your

deposie SECURITY CODE SCTC/2001DHX/567/;

Directors Name: Dr. Mona Mensah
Company Name: Achilless Security And Courier
Email Address: ( achillessscc@gmail.com )
Phone Number: +233 275615273

You Are To Forward The Following Informations To Them;

1. YOUR FULL NAME:
2. YOUR HOME OR COMPANY ADDRESS:
3. YOUR TELEPHONE NUMBER:

Let me repeat again, try to contact them as soon as you receive this mail on
this email ( achillessscc@gmail.com ) to

avoid any further delay and remember to pay them their Security Keeping fee
of $120.00 US Dollars for their

immediate action.

Note this. The Courier Company doesn't know the contents of the Package. I
registered it as a BOX of Africa

cloths. They did not know the contents were money. This is to avoid them
delaying with the BOX.

Don't let them know that box contents money ok.


Thanks and God bless you and your family.
God bless you and your family.
Rev. Daniel Udunkwa

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