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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:
  • "barr." (Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.)
  • "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 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.
  • +22993773404 (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.
  • couriermaxdeliveringservice@yahoo.fr (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "adams phillips" <adamsphillips4@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: couriermaxdeliveringservice@yahoo.fr
Date: Thu, 05 Apr 2007 01:30:06 +0100
Subject: SEND AN EMAIL TO THEM.

(ADAMS & COUNSELORS AT LAW)
6 BP 1409 AKPAKPA DODOMEY
COTONOU REPUBLIC OF BENIN.
12/02/007

I have been waiting for you since to contact me and claim or to come and
pick your Confirmable bank Draft of $800.000.00 United States Dollars but i
did not heard from you since that time ,then I went and deposited the Draft
with COURIER MAX DELIVERING SERVICE COMPANY PLC in Benin Republic ,

I travelled out of the country to see my boss and will not come back till
next month end.

You have to contact the COURIER MAX DELIVERING SERVICE as soon as possible
to know when they will deliver your package ,because of the expiring date

I paid for the delivering charges and insurance fee,


This is thair Contact addressES.
E-mail (couriermaxdeliveringservice@yahoo.fr)
Phone:+229-93773404
Contact Dr.Eric Oneh
DIRECTOR GENERAL
COURIER MAX DELIVERING SERVICE PLC
BENIN REPUBLIC.


I gave them your delivering address but you have to reconfirm it to them
again to avoid any mistake in the delivering.

Let me know as soon as you receive your Draft.

Thanks

Barr.Adams Phillips .

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