419 scam: "Mr John Larry" <info@larry.com> Shipment Code: CPEL/OWN/9856

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"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam

The so-called "419" scam is a type of fraud dominated by criminals from Nigeria and other countries in Africa. Victims of the scam are promised a large amount of money, such as a lottery prize, inheritance, money sitting in some bank account, etc.

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.

Keep in mind that scammers DO NOT use their real names when defrauding people.
The criminals either abuse names of real people or companies or invent names or addresses.
Any real people or companies mentioned below have NO CONNECTION to the scammers!

Read more about such scams here or in our 419 FAQ. Use the Scam-O-Matic to verify suspect emails.

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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.
This email uses a separate reply address that is different from the sender address. Spammers use this to get replies even when the original spam sending accounts have been shut down. Also, sometimes the sender addresses are legitimate looking but fake and only the reply address is actually an email account controlled by the scammers.
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "united state dollar" (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.
- +2348055103925 (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.
- fedexcouriertransit72@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Mr John Larry" <info@larry.com>
Reply-To: fedexcouriertransit72@yahoo.com
Date: Sat, 10 Oct 2009 17:18:28 +0430
Subject: Shipment Code: CPEL/OWN/9856

Good day,

I want to inform you that I have deposited your Conformable Bank Draft of
$800,000,00 USD United state dollars to the FedEx Delivery services here
in West Africa. Due to, I have waited enough to hear from you so that your
funds will be transferred through CENTRAL BANK OF AFRICA (BOA) here, but
because of the late response I now decide to deposit the Bank Draft with
the FedEx delivery services with your previous information as you listed
it that time.

I have paid to them their delivery charges & insurance coverage fee, the
only fee to be paid again is their security safe keeping fee of $225
dollars only.I would have paid that but they said no because they don't
know when you will contact them and in case of demur rage.I will be
traveling to IRAQ to see my boss and I will not come back till next two
months,Therefore I will advise you to contact the FedEx shipment officer
with his contact information as listed below for the avoidance of
increase of their security safe keeping fee.

Note that I packaged the Bank Draft inside a magazine where nobody will
notice the content, I also told the shipment officer
Mr.Johnson Price, that it is ordinary African magazine I want to deliver
to my friend abroad to avoid further delay unless you delay to send their
security safe keeping fee.Below is the shipment officer contact information
including his email address with the parcel reference number, note that
without you indicating your parcel number as listed below the FedEx delivery
services will not listen to you they will be imagining if you want to steal
another persons parcel.

E-mail: fedexcouriertransit72@yahoo.com
Tel: +234-80551-03-925

Shipment Code: CPEL/OWN/9856
Parcel Number: EG2272-NG

Also below is the information they need to deliver the Bank Draft in form
of African Magazine to your address, this is to avoid wrong delivery as i
already gave them your delivery address but you have to re-confirm it to
them ok.

Full name......................
Home address..........
Country....................
Telephone...............

Please make sure the information is complete as they promised that once
they receive their security safe keeping fee within 2 to 3 working days
the magazine will arrived your door step according to the shipment
officer.Once again, the FedEx delivery services do not know the content of
the parcel, I registered it as an African magazine they don't know it
contains of the Bank Draft inside, this is to avoid them delaying the
delivery and besides I don't want you to lose your inherittance
funds.

Thanks.
MR JOHN LARRY

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