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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 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.
  • +22993128422 (Benin, probably a prepaid mobile phone)
• 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.
  • fedexcourierrb@gmail.com
  • dexcourierrb@gmail.com
  • fedexcourierrb@mail2consultant.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
  • dexcourierrb@mail2consultant.com

Fraud email example:

From: "Mrs stephen Nathanael" <stephen_nathanael20@legwork.com.ng>
Date: Fri, 11 Jul 2008 18:25:20 +0200
Subject: CONTACT FEDEX COURIER BENIN BRANCH


*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.Then I went and deposited the $1.500 000.00
Million USA Dollars,as a consignment boxs to FEDEX COURIER COMPANY BENIN
BRANCH,Benin Republic,because I travelled to Dubia and i will not come back
till next month end.I want You to contact the FEDEX COURIER COMPANY BENIN
BRANCH,to know when they will deliver your consignment boxs to you.Please i
want to let you know that only the directorknows the content and no body
else knows about this only Dr Koffi Abbas the director So please waste 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.Please i will advice you to be friendly with
Dr Koffi Abbas the director because he alone have the idea of the content of
your consignment.But i want to let you know that i did not give him the key
of the boxs so please take note that as soon as they deliver the consignment
use this ( CODE NUMBERS TO OPEN THE THREE BOXS TO KNOW IF THE COMPLETE OF
1.5MILLION USD IS IN IT ).THE FIRST BOX CODE ( 0036589 )THE SECOND BOX CODE
( 0014759 )THE THIRD BOX CODE ( 4475855 ) AND I WANT YOU TO KEEP THIS CODE
NUMBERS CONFIDENTIAL IN YOUR HOME TO AVOID ANOTHER PERSON GETTING IN TOUCH
WITH YOUR MONEY,MAY GOD BLESS YOU AND YOUR FAMILY. *

*CONTACT PERSON:DR KOFFI ABBAS
DIRECTOR FEDEX COURIER COMAPNY BENIN BRANCH.
CONTACT PHONE/FAX+229-9312 84 22
E-mail: **fedexcourierrb@gmail.com*<http://us.mc382.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?toþdexcourierrb@gmail.com>
*E-mail: **FedExCourierRB@mail2consultant.com*<http://us.mc382.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?toþdExCourierRB@mail2consultant.com>
*(**www.fedex.com* <http://www.fedex.com/>*) *

*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 it
to them again 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 waste 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 Address---------------------------
Home telephone---------------------
Office telephone---------------------
Your pic----------------------------------*
*Let me know as soon as you receive your consignment,and check the contents
whether 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
boxs 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 boxs gets to
your home with out any delay.
*
**
*Warmest Regards
Mr. Stephen Nathanael.*
**

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