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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:
  • "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 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  
• 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.
  • globalcouriercompany66@yahoo.fr

Fraud email example:

From: "lincoln" <johnlincoln@centrum.sk>
Date: Sat, 13 Sep 2008 12:41:12 +0200
Subject: CONTACT GLOBAL EXPRESS COURIER COMPANY


Secrectary Larry Bendo
09 BP 2501 Akpakpa Dodomey,
Cotonou Republic Du Benin.
13th/ 9 / 2008
 
DearFrieend,
 I have been waiting to hear from you since last week so that we will share the good news together, well in respect of your support and hardworking  in this organisation the BOARD OF EXCUTIVE in their last meeting has decided to reward  four members effort with the sum of 850,000thousand USD each, right now YOUR FUND has been deposited  at the
 
GLOBAL EXPRESS COURIER COMPANY  here in  BENIN REP  my dear, the small box  was not registered as FUND but as church evangelism tracks box therefore do not disclose the content of the box to anybody for security reasons,therefore contact the company immidiately to know when they will arrive in your country with your box
 
  HERE ARE THEIR CONTACT ADDRESS 
1.CONTACT  PERSON......LEWIS  BENSON
2.E-mail:(globalcouriercompany66@yahoo.fr)           
3.PHONE NUMBER...+22997529512.
 
my dear accept the security keeping fee all the money and document
 regarding the delivering of your box has been handed over to the
 COMPANY therefore do not be decieve. contact them immidiately for   your box.
 CONTACT THEM WITH THIS INFORMATIONS
1..YOUR FULL NAME......................................
2...YOUR DELIVERY ADDRESS......................
3..YOUR PHONE NUMBER..............................
4..YOUR NATIONALITY....................................
5..  DEPOSITOR NAME.......is   John Lincoln
 
make sure your information is correct so that they will not deliver your box to the wrong person I believe you shuold treat this letter with some conffideciality untill you recieve your fund and always remember to address the box as church evangelism tracks.  ,
 GOOD LUCK...
REGARD
 SEC   John Lincoln

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