419 scam: "Pastor Kevin" <pastor_kevin@live.com> Re: CONTACT APEX COURIER COMPANY FOR YOUR BANK DRAFT

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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:

The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "dear friend" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- "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. )
- "western union" (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. )
- "mtcn" (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. )
- "huge amount of money" (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. )
- "cotonou" (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.
Western Union money transfer is completely untraceable and therefore is *not* safe to use with anyone you do not know personally. It is the preferred method of online criminals to collect money from their victims.
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.
- +22999114176 (Benin, probably a prepaid mobile phone)
- +229 (Benin, probably a prepaid mobile phone)

Fraud email example:

From: "Pastor Kevin" <pastor_kevin@live.com>
Date: Sat, 17 Dec 2011 23:30:29 +0200 (EET)
Subject: Re: CONTACT APEX COURIER COMPANY FOR YOUR BANK DRAFT

Dear Friend,

Greetings to you & your Family. I have been waiting for you since to
contact me for your Confirmable Bank Draft of (USD$1.4M) United States
Dollars, but I did not hear from you since then. I went and deposited the
Draft with Apex Courier Delivery Company, Cotonou Benin Republic, before I
travelled out of the country for a short Course and i will not come back
until three months.What you have to do now is to contact the Apex Courier
Delivery Company as soon as possible to know when they will deliver your
package to you because of the expiring date. For your information,

I have paid for the delivering Charges. The only money you will send to
the Courier Company to deliver your Draft direct to your postal Address in
your country is (USD$99) United States Dollars only being their Security
Keeping Fee.I would have paid that but they said NO, because they don't
know when you will contact them in case of demurrage.

contact the Apex Courier Delivery Company now for the delivery of your
Draft with this information Bellow.

E-mail: info.apexcourier@postafiok.hu
Telephone: +229 9911 4176
Registration Reference No; wwdsc/xxx/1035
Code Number: xxxdcsc/6540

This is there paying information in which you will use and send the
USD$99. United States Dollars only, through western union money transfer
for the shipment fee only.

RECEIVER’S NAME== EDWIN NONSO
COUNTRY== BENIN REPUBLIC
CITY== COTONOU
TEXT QUESTION== ZIP CODE
ANSWER== 00229
AMOUNT=USD$99
MTCN=====?

Finally, make sure that you reconfirm your Postal address and Direct
telephone number to them again to avoid any mistake on the Delivery and
Let me repeat again, try to contact them as soon as you receive this mail
to avoid any further delay and remember to pay them their Security Keeping
fee of usd$99 for their immediate action.
Note. Apex courier Delievery Company does not know the contents of the
parcel. I registered it as my photograph (pic) being sent to a friend
overseas. They do not know that it contains a bank draft of such a huge
amount of money.

This is to avoid them tempering with the package. Do not let them know the
contents.

Regards,
(Pastor). Kevin Jude.

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