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"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam

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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.

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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:
  • "dear friend" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "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 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.
  • globallogistics@ubbi.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: angelique annan <angelique.annan@yahoo.dk>
Date: Thu, 21 Feb 2008 21:59:34 +0100 (CET)
Subject: CONTACT GLOBAL LOGISTICS




Consolidated Equity Partners(CEPS)
InterNational Equitable Alliances
Rep.Benin

Dear Friend,

Greetings to you & your Family.
Since my father who did the project with you accidentally died in a fire incident that destroyed all the records/files in his office,I have been waiting for you since to contact me for your confirmable Bank Draft of ($1.2m) United States Dollars, but I did not hear from you since then, and the only medium to reach you now is this email address that late dad wrote down in his private diary in his closet which i am sure is yours.
I have to deposit your cashiers Draft with Global Logistics Courier Delivery Company,Cotonou,Benin Republic,before I travelled out of the country for a pastoral Course and i will
not come back until after 6 months.What you have to do now is to contact the Global Logistics 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 delivery Company to deliver your sealed Draft direct to your delivery Address in your country is ($98) only; being their Security Keeping Fee so far.
Again, do not be deceive by anybody to pay any other money except $98.00.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 the Courier Delivery Company now for the delivery of your Draft with this information:

Global Logistics Delivery Company Benin Republic.
E-mail: globallogistics@ubbi.com
Registration Reference No; gldsc/xxx/2047
Code Number:gldcsc/6568
The sooner you contact the Courier Company with your full contact telephone number and home or office address to receive your package,the better for you.


Note.Global Logistics delivery company do not know the real contents of the parcel.I registered it as precious African artefacts to be sent to a friend overseas. They do not know that it contains a bank draft of such an amount of money.This is to avoid them tempering with the package. Do not let them know know the contents.
I am waiting to hear the good news from you.

Yours Faithfully,
Pastor Angelique A.

For the Family


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