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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:
  • "waiting for your urgent response" (scammers rush victims so they don't have time to think properly)
  • "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. )
  • "cotonou" (a location commonly mentioned 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.
  • +22993817574 (Benin, probably a prepaid mobile phone)

Fraud email example:

From: "alan drbeck" <drbeckalan006@nsk.biz>
Reply-To: fed_benin@live.com
Date: Fri, 5 Sep 2008 18:38:35 +0200
Subject: FEDEX IS READY TO DELIVER YOUR CONSIGNMENT


FEDEX IS READY TO DELIVER YOUR CONSIGNMENT
CONTACT FEDEX COURIER COMPANY BENIN)
JERRY LEO & COUNSELORS AT LAW
06 BP 1409 AKPAKPA DODGEM
WEST AFRICA COTONOU REPUBLIC OF BENIN.
EMAIL:(fed_benin@live.com)


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 financial Bank
told me that before the draft will get to your hand that it will expire. So
I told him to cash the $1.2m USD UNITED STATES DOLLARS to cash payment to
avoid losing this funds under expiration as I will be out of the country
for a Course and I will not come back till ending of Nov 2008.


What you have to do now is to contact Fedex COURIER SERVICES 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 Fedex
COURIER SERVICES to deliver your Consignment direct to your postal Address
in your country is ($85.00 US) One Hundred & Five United States Dollars only
being Security Keeping Fee of the Courier Company so far.Again, don't be
deceived by anybody to pay any other money except $85.00 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 demurrage.
You have to contact Fedex COURIER SERVICES now for the delivery of your
Draft with this information bellow;

Directors Name: Dr. Jerry Leo
Companys Name:Fedex COURIER SERVICES
Email Address: (fed_benin@live.com)
Tel+229 93 81 75 74


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 Security Keeping fee of $85.00 US Dollars for
their immediate action. Note this. The FEDEX COURIER SERVICES 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.


SHIPMENT CODE AWB 33XZS
PACKAGE REGISTERED CODE NO XGT442.
SECURITY CODE SCTC/2001DHX/567/
TRANSACTION CODE 233/CSTC/101/33028/
CERTIFICATE DEPOSIT CODE SCTC/BUN/BC/-78/01


Thanks and God bless you and your family.
MR BECK ALAN

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