419 scam: "Tony Apele"<edeffhome@ig.com.br> The registration number of your package is (PC0124475BN)

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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.
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. )
- "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.
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.
- +22966683477 (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.
- faithhoussi@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Tony Apele" (may be fake)
Date: Wed, 20 Feb 2013 22:01:15 +0100
Subject: The registration number of your package is (PC0124475BN)

Hello.

I have been waiting to hear from you in regards to your compensation fund worth Eight Hundred and Twenty Thousand United States Dollars ($820,000.00) but you have not replied to all my recent messages, now your money has been loaded into an ATM visa Card which will be expiring on the 2/03/2014, I made this arrangement to pay you through ATM Card because of the problems which we have been having in getting the fund transferred to you, so this ATM Card will be paying out to you US$5,000.00 daily as programmed through any ATM card visa Machine all over the world until you take the total amount of US$820,000.00 that is inside your card.

I have deposited the ATM Card with Premier Security Company here in Benin Cotonou because I will be traveling out of the country for UK tonight and will not be back till June 2013. If you still want your fund to reach you as planned so far, then contact Premier Security Company and instruct them to deliver your ATM card to your home or anywhere of your choice immediately. I have paid for you the delivery charge of your ATM Card already so the only money you are going to send them now is their security keeping charge of your package which is only US$98.

Now contact Mrs. Faith Houssi at Premier Securities Benin through his email address and or telephone number as follows: Tel: +229-66683477, Email: faithhoussi@yahoo.com .

The registration number of your package is (PC0124475BN) you are to contact them with it as your subject. I gave them your delivery address but you have to reconfirm to them your mailing address where you will receive your ATM card, make sure you send to them their security keeping fee of your ATM Card so that they will proceed and send your ATM Card by your instructions through a certified Courier company. Please kindly let me know as soon as you receive it.

Regards,
Mr. Tony Apele.

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