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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:
  • "million dollars" (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)
  • "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.
  
• Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.
• 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.
  • +2348099418873 (Nigeria, 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.
  • charles_mikel222@yahoo.es (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: (sent from abused email account)
Reply-To: charles_mikel222@yahoo.es
Date: Tue, 11 Nov 2008 17:24:14 -0700
Subject: ATTN: BENEFICIARY,



Parcel Express Company ( NIGERIA )
Consignment Collection Point
Boulevard des Armees,
ikeja Lagos Nigeria.
Tel:+ 234 809 941 8873
E-mail: charles_mikel222@yahoo.es

ATTN: BENEFICIARY,

Compliment of the season to you. I would like to introduce myself to
you. I am MR. CHARLES MIKE the contact person to the Above security
company. Sometime ago a consignment was deposited in your name with our
security company, hoping that one day you would come forward to collect
your consignment but for a very long time now no one has presented him
or herself to collected this consignment.

According to the policy of this security company,any consignment that
has spent the maximun time would be subject to Scan to ensure that any
item deposited in it is not damaged. Sir,I would want to inform you that
When the routin Scan was conducted, we discorvered that your consignment
was filled with cash ($12 million)(TWELVE MILLION DOLLARS) and since you
are the sole benefactor to this consignment,you are required to come
forward to claim this consignment. For your refrence, a Non- Inspection
Tag was attached to it at the point of Deposit hence can not be openned
until it Departs our custody to your address.

Please I would want you to forward the below requirements to My Email
(charles_mikel222@yahoo.es) as above with:

1.YOUR FULL NAMES
2.YOUR PHONE NUMBER CONTACT
3.YOUR FULL RESIDENTIAL ADDRESS.
4.OCCUPATION

To verify the data we have with us about you,Note that the only fee you
will pay before getting your consignment delivered direct to your
postal Address in your country is ($290.00 US) only being Security
Keeping Fee of the Parcel Express Company before I can guide you on the
day to exspect this consignment from Our Delivery Agent Parcel Express
Company.

I hope to hear from you soon,

Call me for more information: Tel:+ 234 809 941 8873

Regards,
MR. CHARLES MIKE (Esq)
Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN)

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