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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:
  • "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.
  
• 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.
  • courie_apex0@yahoo.fr (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: manuela621@freenet.de
Date: Tue, 11 Mar 2008 07:54:15 +0100
Subject: GOOD DAY MY DAER i have make the paymenting for the delivering chage contact them to tell them why to deliver your money to you,


(HILL & COUNSELORS AT LAW)
06 BP 1409 AKPAKPA DODOMEY
COTONOU REPUBLIC
OF BENIN.

GOOD DAY MY DAER i have make the paymenting for the
delivering chage contact them to tell them why to deliver your money to
you,

Greetings to you & your Family.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 ,Then I went and
deposited the Draft with Apess Courier Delievery Company ,Cotonou,Benin
Republic, before I travelled out of the country for a short Course and i
will not come back till end of next Month.What you have to do now is to
contact the Apex Courier Delievery 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 & Security Company to deliver
your Draft direct to your postal Address in your country is ($98) only
being their Securit y Keeping Fee of the Courier Company 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 Apex
Courier Delievery Company now for the delivery of your Draft with this
information bellow. Apex Courier Delievery Company Benin Republic.


E-mail: ( courie_apex0@yahoo.fr)
Registration Reference No;
wwdsc/xxx/100
Code Number:xxxdcsc/6545

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 $98 for their
immediate action.You should also Let me kno w through email as soon as
you receive your Draft.

Note. Apex courier delievery company do not
know the contents of the parcel.I registered it as my photograph (pix)
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 parkage. Do not let them know know the contents.i am
waiting to hear the good news from you.
Regards,mr johnson
mogu.
Unbegrenzter Speicher, Top-Spamschutz, 120 SMS und eigene
E-MailDomain
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