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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:
  • "dear friend" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "courier service" (Courier companies mentioned in 419 scams are always fake. They will have you send money to them, but won't deliver anything. )
  • "lagos" (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.
  

Fraud email example:

From: (sent from abused email account)
Date: Mon, 13 Oct 2008 10:43:53 +0200
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?CONTACT_THE_COMPANY_FOR_YOUR_DRAFT?=


Dear Friend,
I have been waiting for you since to come down here and pick your bank Draft of $5.5m dollar but did not heard from you since that time,then I went and deposited the Draft with Global Couriers Service Company here in Fedral Republic Of Nigeria,because I travelled to Iraq for health reasons and will not come back till next month end. You have to contact the Global Courier Service Company to know when they will deliver your package .Ihave paid forthe delivering charges and insurance fee. The only moneyyou have to send to them is there security keeping fee which is $135.00Us Dollars to received your package.Don't be deceived by any body Thisis there Contact
Addres Contact DR. KAMUSO SYLVER.

Director Global Couriers Service Lagos Nigeria

E-mail; (sylver.globalcouriersservice1@ymail.com)
Try to contact them as soon aspossible to avoid
increasing the security keeping fee.I gave them your delivering
address but you have to reconfirm it to them again to avoid any mistake in the delivering. Let me know as soon as you receive your Draft .
Thanks
MR Augustine Eze.
CONTACT THE COMPANY FOR YOUR DRAFT


---------------------- ALICE N°1 de la RELATION CLIENT 2008*--------------------
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