419 scam: "Dr. Frank Dupe" <godisgreatprovider@yahoo.com.ph> -- Good day,

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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)
- "remain blessed" (scammers in West Africa like to use religious phrases)
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.
- +22968023580 (Benin, probably a 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.
- untedparcelservice@hotmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Dr. Frank Dupe" <godisgreatprovider@yahoo.com.ph>
Reply-To: untedparcelservice@hotmail.com
Date: Thu, 30 Aug 2012 19:45:03 +0800
Subject: -- Good day,

--
Good day,
it is my pleasure inform you that I have deposited your ATM MASTER
CARD of USD $800,000,00 United state dollars to the United parcel
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 ATM MASTER CARD with the UNITED PARCEL 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
$78 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 demurrage.

I will be traveling to IRAQ to see my boss and I will not come back
till next four months, therefore I will advise you to contact the
UNITED PARCEL 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 ATM MASTER CARD inside a magazine where
nobody will notice the content, I also told the shipment officer
Mr.Anthony Williams, 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 United parcel
delivery services will not listen to you they will be imagining if you
want to steal another persons parcel.

Attention: Rev.George Olufemi Shipment Officer Of United Parcel
Delivery Services Benin.
Email:untedparcelservice@hotmail.com
Telephone +22968023580
Shipment Code: FED/00987-887641
Parcel Number: 9972201-003

Also below is the information they need to deliver the ATM MASTER CARD
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.............
Residential Address...................
Occupation.................
Country?..............
Telephone:.............
Fax Number:............
Sex..................... Age....................
IDENTITY CARD IF ANY.

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.

Your ATM MASTER CARD withdrawing access pin code number is (1148) take
note, once you receive the card you take it to any cash point around
your area, slot it in and enter the pin code for withdrawal, the
amount you are to withdrew per day is USD$20,000.00. (Twenty thousand
United State dollars) each day.

Also ask them on how you are to make the payment for the security safe
keeping fee of $290 to them so they can effect immediate delivery on
your parcel.
Remain blessed and enjoy your funds.
Thanks.
Dr.Frank Dupe

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