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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:
  • "diplomatic courier" ("diplomats" who perform deliveries of cash or other valuables to you only exist in 419 scams)
  • "a diplomat " ("diplomats" who perform deliveries of cash or other valuables to you only exist 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 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  
• 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.
  • +22997490084 (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.
  • diplomatic_agent002@yahoo.fr (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
  • diplomaticcourier_companybenin@yahoo.fr (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: kellyagu@freenet.de
Date: Wed, 02 Apr 2008 10:21:47 +0200
Subject: CONTACT THE COURIER COMPANY IMMEDIATELY


Attn/ My Good Friend,
I have waited enough to send your draft worth of
$1,200,000 .00but did
not
receive any money to mail the draft to you
and the timeit will be
expired
is getting near, I finally arranged with
the bankmanger of FINACIAL
TRUST BANK BENIN REPUBLIC MR PHILIP AMAGA and
he hascoverted the draft
into cash payemt and package it in a diplomat
boxthe arrangement has
been finalized with DIPLOMATIC COURIER
COMPANYBENIN to send the package
through diplomatic courier service i
havecontacted them and they told
me that you should forward all
thisinformation below to them.Please
carefully
confirm your full
houseaddress, your private mobial phone number and
send it to them to
avoidwrong delivery of the consignmet to you .
(1) your home Address and
your phone number and your occupation and your picture.
Also remember
that they did notknow the content of the box I
registered
it as an
Africa cloths. Theydon\'t
know that it contents money. this is to avoid
them delaying withthe
delivery
of the box to you .i don\'t
want you to
let them knowthat the content is money .
JUST FEEL FREE AND CONTACT THEM
WITH
THISEMAIL
(diplomatic_agent002@yahoo.fr)OR(diplomaticcourier_companybenin@yahoo.fr)
SHIPMENT
CODE AWB33XZS
CONSIGNMENT REGISTERED CODE NO XGT442.
SECURITY
CODESCTC/2001DHX/567/

CONTACT PERSON .... DR RICHARDBAZZER
ADDRESS NO5
AKPAKPA WHTIE HOUSE BULIDING
BENIN REPUBLIC.
TELPHONE NUMBER.....+229-97
490084
BEST REGARS,
MR KELLY AGU

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• What can you do when you receive 419 spam