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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:

• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  
• 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.
  • +22993053079 (Benin, probably a prepaid mobile phone)

Fraud email example:

From: (sent from abused email account)
Date: Mon, 10 Nov 2008 23:51:26 +0100
Subject: CONTACT SHALOM DELIVERY COMPANY FOR YOUR BANK DRAFT OF $6.5M USD,





Dearest Friend,
=C2=A0
I have been waiting for you since to come down here and pick your Bank Dr=
aft of $6.5M USD=C2=A0 but did not heard from you since that time ,then I=
went and deposited the Draft with SHALOM DELIVERY COMPANY here in Benin =
Republic, because I travelled to Paraguay to see my boss and will not com=
e back till next month end. You have to contact the SHALOM DELIVERY COMPA=
NY to know when they will deliver your package .I have paid for the deliv=
ering charges and insurance fee.
=C2=A0
The only money you have to send to them is there security keeping fee whi=
ch is $199.00 Us Dollars to received your package .Don't be deceived by a=
ny body This is there Contact Address Contact Dr.Emma Eze, Director SHALO=
M DELIVERY COMPANY Benin Republic. E-mail;(s_d_co.mpany13@live.fr) Phone =
number +229-93053079=20
Try to contact them as soon as possible to avoid increasing the security =
keeping fee. I gave them your delivering address but=20
you have to reconfirm it to them as below:=20
Your Full Name----------------------
Your Address:---------------------=20
=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=20
Home telephone----------------
Office telephone------------------
Your copy of you id --------------------
Your draft registration number ---------EM9878778

Send this to them to avoid any mistake in the delivering. Let me know as =
soon as you receive your Draft from the company.=20
Best Regards
=C2=A0
Thomas Mobutu

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