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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)
  • "the consignment" (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)
  • "trunk box" (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 service" (Courier companies mentioned in 419 scams are always fake. They will have you send money to them, but won't deliver anything. )
  • "courier company" (Courier companies mentioned in 419 scams are always fake. They will have you send money to them, but won't deliver anything. )
• 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.
  • chronopost_benin@deliveryman.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: williams45@freenet.de
Date: Fri, 28 Mar 2008 09:20:54 +0100
Subject: CONTACT THE CHRONOPOST COURIER SERVICES


Dear Friend,
How are you today ? Hope all is well with you and your
family ?,You may not understand why this mail came to you. But if you do
not remember me, you might have received an email from me in the past
regarding your Bank Draft of $ 4.5 M United States Dollars that your
friend left that i should send you which you never received . I have
been waiting for you since to contact me for your Confirmable Bank Draft
of $4.5M United States Dollars, but I did not hear from you since fora
couple of weeks now .
Then I went to the bank to confirm if the draft
has expired on getting near to expire and Mr.James Adams the Director
African Development Bank told me that if i send the draft to you by post
, before the draft will arrive to your destination , it will expire . So
I told him to cash the $ 4,500.000 USD UNITED STATES DOLLARS to cash
payment to avoid loosing this funds under expiration as I will be out of
the country for 4 Months Course and I will not come back till ending of
June 2008.
The bank african developemnt bank have turn the draft to
cash and the fund sealed in a metalic trunk box as a consignment and
have deposit the consignment with the CHRONOPOST COURIER COMPANY for
shipment to your destination address . What you have to do now is to
contact CHRONOPOST COURIER SERVICES as soon aspossible to know when they
will deliver your ConsignmenT to you because of the expiring date.
For
your information, I have paid for the delivering Charge and Insurance
premium .The only money you will send to the CHRONOCOURIER SERVICES to
enable them deliver your Consignment direct to your Address in your
country is 195.00 EUROS only being Security Keeping Fee of the Courier
Company so far. Again, dont be deceived by anybody to pay anyother money
except 195.00 EUROS .
I would have paid that before i fly out of the
country yesterday , but they said no because they dont know when you
will contact them and in case of demurage , because the more you delay
in contacting them will increase the demurage . You have to contact
CHRONO COURIER SERVICES now for the delivery of yourConsignment with
this information bellow ,
Companys Name : CHRONO COURIER SERVICES
The
Directors Name Is : Edward Charles
International Shipment Director
Email
Address : chronopost_benin@deliveryman.com
Tel : 00 229 978 436 61

Finally, make sure that you reconfirm your address and Direct telephone
number to them again to avoid any mistake on the Delivery and ask them
to give you the tracking number to enable you track your package over
there and know when it will get to your address . Finally, Endevour to
indicate this CODE (CD0081) which will prove that you are the owner of
the package deposited in their company.
Note this.
The CHRONO COURIER
SERVICES dont know the contents of the Box. I registered it as a BOX of
Africa Arts materials which is a gift for you from african friend . They
did not know the contents was money. This is to avoid them delaying with
the BOX. Don\'t let them know that box contain money ok .
Yours
Faithfully,
Mrs William Johnson


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