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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:

• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "you are advice to " (this email uses bad English)
  • "courier service" (Courier companies mentioned in 419 scams are always fake. They will have you send money to them, but won't deliver anything. )
  • "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 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.
  • +22997906255 (Benin, probably a prepaid mobile phone)

Fraud email example:

From: "GODWIN EZE" <goddy_eze24@ig.com.br>
Date: Wed, 13 Aug 2008 18:05:51 -0800
Subject: Contact cnwanlida Service Courier Company for your deposit


*Hello once Again ,

I have been waiting for you since to contact me for your Confirmable Bank
Draft of $1.2m 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 USD1.2 Million
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 $1.2m 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 Wanlida Courier Service Company 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 ($150.00 US) One Hundred &
Fifty 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 Wanlida Courier Service Company now for the
delivery of your fund with your deposit SECURITY CODE SCTC/2001DHX/567/

Directors Name: Dr.Ibrahim Makwai
Company Name: C.N Wanlida Courier ServiceCompany
Email Address: ( **cnwanlidacourierc@live.com* <cnwanlidacourierc@live.com>
*Tel: 00229 97 906255
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 ( **cnwanlidacourierc@live.com* <cnwanlidacourierc@live.com>*) to
avoid any further delay and remember to pay them their Security Keeping fee
of $150.00 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. *

*Mr Godwin Eze*

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