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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.

Read more about such scams here or in our 419 FAQ. Use the Scam-O-Matic to verify suspect emails.

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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "waiting for your urgent response" (scammers rush victims so they don't have time to think properly)
• 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.
  • +229986238 (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.
  • fedex_courier90@yahoo.fr
  • 3afedex_courier90@yahoo.fr

Fraud email example:

From: "PRINC EIKE" <princeike28@ig.com.br>
Date: Tue, 12 Aug 2008 07:04:42 -0700
Subject: Contact FedEx Express with your Mailing Address for delivery of your Consignment


Dear,

I have been waiting for you since to contact me for your Confirmable Bank
Draft of $1,200,000 United States Dollars, but I did not hear from you since
that time. Then I went to the bank to confirm if the draft has expired or
getting near to expire and Mr. Justin Yayi the Director Bank of Africa told
me that before the draft will get to your hand that it will expire. So I
told him to cash the $1,200,000 USD UNITED STATES DOLLARS to cash payment to
avoid losing this funds under expiration as I will be out of the Country for
a 3 Months Course and I will not come back till end of Nov. 2008.


What you have to do now is to contact the FedEx Express 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.


You have to contact the FedEx Express now for the delivery of your Draft
with this information below;


Contact Person: Dr. James Blair
Email Address:fedex_courier90@yahoo.fr <Address%3Afedex_courier90@yahoo.fr>)
Tel/FAX: +229986238


Finally, make sure that you reconfirm this information below


Full Name:
Your Delivery Address:
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 Security Keeping fee for their immediate action.


Note: The FedEx Express don't know the contents of the Box. I registered it
as a BOX of Africa Cloths. They did not know the contents was money. this is
to avoid them delaying with the BOX. Don't let them know that box contents
money ok. I am waiting for your urgent response.


Yours Faithfully,


Mr PRINCE IKE

Anti-fraud resources:

• What can you do when you receive 419 spam