419 scam: "MRS. JESSICA COLLINS."<info@lee.com> DEAR SIR/MADAM (YOUR REPLY IS URGENTLY NEDED!!!)

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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:
- "security keeping fee" (this will cost you money - be careful with upfront payments to anyone you only know through email, especially if they promise you a lot of money. NEVER send money by Western Union or MoneyGram to people you do not know personally - NO EXCEPTIONS! Instant wire transfer services are not meant to be used with strangers because they offer no protection against fraud. That is precisely why the criminals want you send money that way. )
- "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)
- "courier company" (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.
- +2347025506236 (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.
- murray_james23@hotmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "MRS. JESSICA COLLINS." (may be fake)
Reply-To: <murray_james23@hotmail.com>
Date: Wed, 22 Dec 2010 07:44:28 -0800
Subject: DEAR SIR/MADAM (YOUR REPLY IS URGENTLY NEDED!!!)

Attn: Dear Sir/ Madam,

I have been waiting for you since to contact me for your Confirmable Bank Draft of $850,000 United States Dollars, but I did not hear from you since for a couple of Months now. Then I went to the bank to confirm if the draft has expired or getting near to the date of expire and one Dr.Wilson, the Director 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 $850,000 USD UNITED STATES DOLLARS to cash payment to avoid losing this funds under expiration as I will be out of the country for a 3 Months Course and I will not come back till end of March, 2011. What you have to do now is to contact the SWIFT EXPRESS COURIER COMPANY as soon as possible to know when they will deliver your Consignment to you because of the expiring date. For your information,i have paid for the delivering Charge, Insurance premium.

The only money you will send to the SWIFT EXPRESS COURIER COMPANY to deliver your Consignment direct to your postal Address in your country is ($150 .00 USD) One Hundred And Fifty U.S Dollars only being Security Keeping Fee of the Courier Company so far. Again, don't be deceived by anybody to pay any other money except $150 .00 US Dollars. I would have paid that but they said no because they don't know when you will contact them and in case of demurrage.

You have to contact SWIFT EXPRESS COURIER COMPANY now, for the delivery of your Draft with this information bellow;

1 Your Full Name:......
2, Your Delivery Address:...
3, Your Cell Phone Number:......Very Important.
4,Your Age:........
5,Your Country:...........Very Important.
6,Your OCUPATION:.......
7,Your Sex:.......

Directors Name: MR. MURRAY JAMES.
Companys Name: SWIFT EXPRESS COURIER COMPANY
Email Address: murray_james23@hotmail.com
Contact Number: +2347025506236

Finally, make sure that you reconfirm your Postal address and Direct telephone 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 door step so that you can sign on it.

Let me repeat again, Try to contact them with this email address murray_james23@hotmail.com as soon as you receive this mail and ask them how you will make the security fee of $150.00 usd to them to avoid any further delay and remember to pay them their Security Keeping fee of $150 .00 US Dollars for their immediate action.

Note this. The SWIFT EXPRESS COURIER COMPANY 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.

Yours Faithfully,

MRS. JESSICA COLLINS.
INTERNET SERVICE DIRECTOR.

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