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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:

• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "dear friend" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "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 "New Partner from Paraguay" scam.
• 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.
  • +22993913756 (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.
  • express_dip_serv@sify.com
  • goodluckeze18@yahoo.fr

Fraud email example:

From: goodluckeze@freenet.de
Date: Mon, 31 Mar 2008 14:36:40 +0200
Subject: Waiting to hear from you


Dear friend,

I have been waiting for you since to contact me for your
Confirmable Bank Draft of $950.000.00. United States Dollars, but I did
not hear from you since for a couple of time now.Then I went to the bank
to confirm if the draft has expired or getting near to expire and
Mr.James Adams the Director Bank of Africa told me that before the draft
will get to your hand that it will expire. So I told him to cash the
$950.000.00 USD UNITED STATES DOLLARS to cash payment to avoid losing
this funds under expiration.

What you have to do now is to contact
EXPRESS COURIER SERVICES as soon as possible to know when they will
deliver your Consignment to you. For your information,

The only money
you will send to the EXPRESS COURIER SERVICES to deliver your
Consignment direct to your Address in your country is $125.00 US One
Hundred & Five United States Dollars only being Security Keeping Fee of
the Courier Company .

You have to contact EXPRESS COURIER SERVICES
now for the delivery of your package with this information below;


Companys Name: EXPRESS COURIER SERVICES
The Directors name : Dr Victor
Ulom.
International Shipment Director
Telephone.......+229-
939-13-756
Email Address: express_dip_serv@sify.com

Finally, make sure
that you reconfirm your address and Direct telephone number to them
again to avoid any mistake on the Delivery .Finally, Endaevour to
indicate this CODE (CD0081) which will prove that you are the owner of
the package deposited in there company.

Note this. EXPRESS COURIER
SERVICES dont know the contents of the Box. I registered it as a BOX of
Africa cloths. They did not know the contents was money. this is to
avoid them delaying with the BOX. Dont let them know that box contain
money.
Contact me on this email as soon as you receive the funds
(goodluckeze18@yahoo.fr)

Yours Faithfully,
Goodluck Eze.

Anti-fraud resources:

• What can you do when you receive 419 spam