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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.

Read more about such scams here or in our 419 FAQ. Use the Scam-O-Matic to verify suspect emails.

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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)
  • "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)
  • "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.
  • +22993698011 (Benin, probably a prepaid mobile phone)

Fraud email example:

From: privatemail01@microcamp.com.br
Date: Tue, 22 May 2007 23:44:13 -0300
Subject: CONTACT THEM NOW


       Dear Friend,I have been waiting for you
since to come down here and pick your Package but i did not heard from you
since that time.Then I went and deposited the consignment box of
$800.000.00  to TNT globalmax_courier company benin  here in Benin
Republic, because I travelled to SOUTH AFRICA to visit my friend and will not
come back till next month ending.I want You to contact the TNT globaltrust max
courier company to know when they will deliver your package. I have paid for
the delivering charges and security fee including the keeping fee.The only
money you have to send to them is the,insurance fee, which is $85.Us Dollars
to received your package. CONTACT PERSON; MR. Jude Ndubuisi DISTRICT
MANAGER TNT globaltrust max courier company  BENIN REPUBLIC. E-mail:
globaltrustcompanybeninrep2000@yahoo.com.arPhone
Number.+229-9369-8011 Try to contact them as soon as possible to avoid
increasing the insurance fee.I gave them your delivering address but you have
to reconfirm it to them again to avoid any mistake on the delivering.Let me
know as soon as you receive your package.Thanks and God bless you,
 Reuben Ben. 
_________________________________________________________
Microcamp

Anti-fraud resources:

• What can you do when you receive 419 spam