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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:
  • "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 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.
  • fedex_courier_service_xx20@yahoo.fr

Fraud email example:

From: jimpeters7@freenet.de
Date: Mon, 31 Mar 2008 18:38:19 +0200
Subject: My friend,what happened?


My friend,what happened?
I have been waiting for you since to contact me
for your Confirmable Bank Draft of $750.000.00 United States Dollars,
but I did not hear from you since for a couple of weeks now. Then I went
to the bank to confirm if the draft has expired or getting near to
expire and Dr.Wilson the Director EcoBank told me that before the draft
will get to your hand that it will expire. So I told him to cash the
$750.000.00 UNITED STATES DOLLARS to cash payment to avoid losing this
funds under expiration as I will be out of the country tomorrow for a 3
Months Course and I will not come back till ending of January 2009.
All
the delivery arrangement of the $750.000.00 USD in cash has been made
with FedEX DEPARTMENT AGENCE BENIN and you have to send your information
to DIRECTOR JIMI AKAN to enable him instruct for the transaction as you
can understand that government of the country will seize the fund if I
transfer it direct to your account.
Contact them with the below
information and they will instruct you on how you will receive the
box,do comply with them and let me know when you receive your box.
Here
is the company information contact them immediately,
Name: Dr.Favour
Nwachukwu
Email Address:
(fedex_courier_service_xx20@yahoo.fr)
Tel/00229-937-96-311
Cell/00229-975
58 313
1. YOUR FULL NAME
2.YOUR HOME ADDRESS.
3. YOUR CURRENT HOME
TELEPHONE NUMBER
4. MOBILE PHONE NUMBER
5.A COPY OF YOUR PICTURE
6.YOUR
OCCUPATION
7.YOUR AGE
The above information is only what they need to
deliver the box to you.I have paid for the delivering Charge,Insurance
premium.Please note that your consignment cash money was register with
FedEX Benin Republic as African Cloth which you order for samples,do not
reviews the true content to the courier company to avoid diversion of
your consignment box.I told Mr.Akan that you want to share the cloths to
all your customers in your city.
Call Dr.Marthins Dave(EcoBank
Accountant Officer)for the key of the container because he advice me not
send the key with FedEx Company for security reasons.Incase you need it
the before you receive the fund,contact him because I plead him to mail
it to you.
Best Regards
Engr.Tony Moris.

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