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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)
  • "@diplomats.com" ("diplomats" who perform deliveries of cash or other valuables to you only exist in 419 scams)
• This email message is a "New Partner from Paraguay" scam.
• 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.
  • +22993869729 (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.
  • impextrustcompany1957@diplomats.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Godwin Chukwu" <godchukwu21@pravda.ru>
Date: Thu, 17 Jul 2008 13:42:04 +0200
Subject: I HAVE REGISTERED YOUR CONSIGNMENT WITH IMPEX COURIER COMPANY


Goodday!


I have been waiting for you since to contact me for your Confirmable Bank
Draft of $2.5M United States Dollars, but I did not hear from you since for
a couple of months now. Then I went to the bank to confirm if the draft has
expired or getting near to expire and Dr.Webber the Director Bank of Africa
told me that before the draft will get to you that it will expire.


So I told him to cash the $2.5M USD UNITED STATES DOLLARS to cash payment to
avoid losing this funds under expiration as I will be out of the country for
a 4 Months Course and I will not come back till ending of October 2008.What
you have to do now is to contact IMPEX SECURITY COMPANY as soon as possible
to know when they will deliver your Consignment 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 IMPEX SECURITY COMPANY to deliver your
Consignment direct to your postal Address in your country is ($175 US) One
Hundred & Seventy Five United States Dollars only being Registration and
Keeping Fee of the Impex Company so far.Again, don't be deceived by anybody
to pay any other money except $175 US Dollars. I would have paid that but
they said no because they don't know when you will contact them and in case
of dumorage.You have to contact IMPEX SECURITY COMPANY Now for the delivery
of your $2.5M USD with this information bellow:


Directors Name: Dr. BABS COKER
Security Companys Name: IMPEX TRUST SECURITY COMPANY
Email Address: impextrustcompany1957@diplomats.com OR
impextrustdiplomats1957@live.fr
Telephone +229-93869729


Finally, make sure that you reconfirm your Postal address and Direct
telephone number to them again to avoid any mistake on the Delivery and ask
them to give you the tracking number to enable you track your package over
there and know when it will get to your address. 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 Registration and Keeping Fee of $175 US Dollars
for their immediate action. Note this. The IMPEX TRUST SECURITY COMPANY did
not know the contents of the Box. I registered it as a BOX of Gold. They did
not know that the Consignment box contents money. this is to avoid them
delaying with the BOX or questions. Don't let them know that the Consignment
box contents money ok. I am waiting for your urgent confirmation that you
have receive the box. CONTACT THE DIRECTOR OF THE IMPEX TRUST SECURITY
COMPANY Dr. BABS COKER WITH THIS EMAIL ADDRESS:
impextrustcompany1957@diplomats.com PHONE NUMBER +229-93869729


Yours Faithfully,
Mr. Godwin Chukwu

Anti-fraud resources:

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