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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:

• 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.
  • +22998470726 (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.
  • ups_service@netcourrier.com

Fraud email example:

From: "victorugoh" <victorugoh@centrum.sk>
Date: Tue, 29 Jul 2008 11:16:14 +0200
Subject: CONTACT UPS COURIER FOR DELIVERY OF YOUR FUNDS


Attention Dear,
 
Good day to you, i want to let you know that i have Paid for the delivery fee of your check, but the manager of Oceanic Bank Benin told me that before the check will get to you that it will expire.So i told him to cash $800.000.00 , all the necessary arrangement of delivering the $800.000.00 in cash was made with UNITED  PARCEL SERVICE . The only money you have to send to them is $120  which will serve as the security keeping fee of your funds for the time it has stayed in thier custody
 UNITED PARCEL SERVICE
COTONUO,REP.OF BENIN
CONTACT PERSON..DR. SAM EDWARDS
PHONE.....+229 98470726
EMAL ups_service@netcourrier.com 
 Do contact them and let me know when you have recieve your fund, below is the needed information to enable them deliver your funds to you immediately.
 1.YOUR FULL NAME
2.YOUR HOME ADDRESS.
3.YOUR CURRENT OFFICE/HOME TELEPHONE NUMBER.
4.CURRENT MAILING ADDRESS
 Best Regards
Mr.Victor Ugoh 

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