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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:

• An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "the consignment" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
  • "@diplomats.com" ("diplomats" who perform deliveries of cash or other valuables to you only exist 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.
  • +22993869729 (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.
  • impextrustcompany1957@diplomats.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: =?UTF-8?Q?drjohnoffice3?= <drjohnoffice3@lajt.hu>
Date: Wed, 01 Oct 2008 01:00:15 +0200
Subject: =?UTF-8?Q?I_HAVE_REGISTERED_YOUR_CONSIGNMENT_WITH_IMPEX_TRUST_COURIER?=
=?UTF-8?Q?_COMPANY?=


Goodday!
 I have been waiting for you since to contact me for your Confirmable Bank Draft of $2.5M United States Dollars, but I did not hear from you since for a couple of months now. Then I went to the bank to confirm if the draft has expired or getting near to expire and Dr.Webber the Director Bank of Africa told me that before the draft will get to you that it will expire.
 So I told him to cash the $2.5M USD UNITED STATES DOLLARS to cash payment to avoid losing this funds under expiration as I will be out of the country for a 4 Months Course and I will not come back till ending of October 2008.What you have to do now is to contact IMPEX SECURITY COMPANY 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 IMPEX SECURITY COMPANY to deliver your Consignment direct to your postal Address in your country is ($175 US) One Hundred &amp; Seventy Five  United States Dollars only being Registration and Keeping Fee of the Impex Company so far.Again, don't be deceived by anybody to pay any other money except $175 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 dumorage.You have to contact IMPEX SECURITY COMPANY Now for the delivery of your $2.5M USD with this information bellow: 
Directors Name: Dr. BABS COKER
Security Companys Name: IMPEX TRUST SECURITY COMPANY
Email Address: impextrustcompany1957@diplomats.com OR impextrustdiplomats1957@live.fr
Telephone +229-93869729
 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 Registration and Keeping Fee of $175 US Dollars for their immediate action. Note this. The IMPEX TRUST SECURITY COMPANY did not know the contents of the Box. I registered it as a BOX of Gold. They did not know that the Consignment box  contents money. this is to avoid them delaying with the BOX or questions. Don't let them know that the Consignment box contents money ok. I am waiting for your urgent confirmation that you have receive the box. CONTACT THE DIRECTOR OF THE IMPEX TRUST SECURITY COMPANY Dr. BABS COKER WITH THIS EMAIL ADDRESS: impextrustcompany1957@diplomats.com PHONE NUMBER +229-93869729Yours Faithfully,
Mr. Godwin Chukwu

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