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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 service" (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.
  • +22993426021 (Benin, probably a prepaid mobile phone)

Fraud email example:

From: (sent from abused email account)
Date: Tue, 28 Oct 2008 06:27:06 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: contact my Director


¡Tengo nueva dirección de correo!Ahora puedes escribirme a:johnude87@yahoo.com.co



- Good day,I have been waiting for you since to contact me for your Confirmable Bank Draft of $950,000.00 United States Dollars, but I did not hear from you since for a couplte of Months now. Then I went to the bank to confirm if the draft has expired or getting near to expire and Dr.SALAMI water Bank of Africa told me that before the draft will get to your hand that it will expire. So I told him to cash the $950,000.00 USD UNITED STATES DOLLARS to cash payment to avoid losing this funds under expiration as I will be out out of the country for a 3 Months Course and I will not come back till ending of DECEMBER 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.Directors Name: DR.SALAMI water, Companys Name:FEDEX COURIER SERVICES DELIVERY COMPANYEmail Address: (fedex_servce_benin2009@live.fr)Tel/+229 93-42-60-21,Finally, make sure that you reconfirm your Postal address and Direct tele phone 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 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. Yours Faithfully.MR.John Ude,

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