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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:
  • "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)
  • "million united states 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)
  • "i will advice you " (this email uses bad English)
• 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.
  • +22993132372 (Benin, probably a prepaid mobile phone)

Fraud email example:

From: PASCAL BARRY <pascal_barry2000@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: customercareonly@live.com
Date: Sun, 25 Jan 2009 17:59:01 +0100
Subject: ATTENTION!!!




ATTENTION!!!=20

I have been waiting for you to come down here and pick your $4.500 000.00
USD but I did not heard from you.Then I went and deposited the $4.500
000.00 Million USA Dollars,as a consignment boxes to FEDEX COURIER COMAPN=
Y
BENIN BRANCH. in Benin Republic,because I travelled to SAUDI ARABIA and i
will not come back till next month end. I want You to contact the FEDEX
COURIER COMAPNY BENIN BRANCH. to know when they will deliver your
consignment boxes to you. Please i want to let you know that only the
director knows the content and no body else knows about this only Dr Alle=
n
Uba the director So please waist no time in contacting them with the belo=
w
information. I have paid for the delievery fee so the only money you have
to send to them now is the security keeping fee of your consignment.Pleas=
e
i will advice you to be friendly with Dr Allen Uba the director because h=
e
alone have the idea of the content of your consignment.But i want to let
you know that i did not give him
the key of the boxes so please take note
that as soon as they deliver the consignment use this ( CODE NUMBERS TO
OPEN THE THREE BOXES TO KNOW IF THE COMPLETE OF 4.5MILLION USD IS IN IT )=
.
THE FIRST BOX CODE ( 0036589 )THE SECOND BOX CODE ( 0014759 )THE THIRD BO=
X
CODE ( 4475855 ) AND I WANT YOU TO KEEP THIS CODE NUMBERS CONFIDENTIAL IN
YOUR HOME TO AVOID ANOTHER PERSON GETTING INTHOURCH WITH YOUR MONEY MAY G=
OD
BLESS YOU AND YOUR FAMILY. =20

CONTACT PERSON; HON. PETERSON BROWN
DIRECTOR FEDEX COURIER COMAPNY BENIN BRANCH.
EMAIL:(customercareonly@live.com [1])=20
Website{www.fedex.com}=20

CONTACT PHONE+229-93132372 OR 0022998172162 Try to contact them as soon a=
s
possible to avoid increasing the security keeping fee I gave them your
delivering address but you have to reconfirm it to them again to avoid th=
em
making mistake in delievering your consignment to your home reconfirm bel=
ow
information to the company immediately and tell them to send to you the
airwaybill reciept as soon as you send
them the security fee. I would have
paid the security fee for you but they said no because they dont know whe=
n
you will contact them so please they are waiting for you to contact them
with your information to avoid mistake in delivery. and let them know als=
o
that they should waist no time in sending to you the tracking number of
your consignment so that you can be able to track it and know when it wil=
l
arrive your country. =20

Your Full Name-------------
Your Address---------------
Home telephone-------------
Office telephone-----------
Your pic-------------------=20

Let me know as soon as you receive your consignment,and check the content=
s
weather the complete of the total $4.500 000.00 million united states
dollars is in it. Please always call them to know the condition of this
three boxes because you know the content so please let it be very importa=
nt
to you So try and do everything possible to make sure that this three box=
es
gets to your home with out any delay.=20

Regards
Pascal
Barry

Links:
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[1] mailto:customercareonly@live.com

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