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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. )
  • "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.
  • +22997311317 (Benin, probably a prepaid mobile phone)
  • +22993586265 (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.
  • inter_combank00@o2.pl

Fraud email example:

From: mark john <globalmaxcouriercompany500@yahoo.fr>
Date: Mon, 23 Jul 2007 19:16:27 +0200 (CEST)
Subject: GLOBAL MAX COURIER COMPANY VERY URGENT


C/20 Missebo Route Cotonou,Benin






GLOBAL MAX COURIER COMPANY
#019153NF GLOBAL LOGISTICS / AIR CARGO T.S.A.- I.A.C.
Lot No. 23 Patte D'Oie 03 BP 2147 Cotonou





Dearest customer: Hr Beckenzer

You are welcome to D&D Courier Company Dispatch LTD an affiliate of the delivery service.We are pleased to be at your service.D&D Courier is Regulated and Stipulated by the Delivery Service Authority(DSA),the delivery institutions that Govern all delievry activities in the Benin Republic.

This is to inform you that the company executive has call back the box that contain your funds and your box has stayed more than three days in this company but we are yet to see the depositor so this company decided to deposite your fund with International Commercail Bank. So you are to contact the bank through below informations;
BANK NAME ; INTERNATIONAL COMMERCIAL BANK BENIN REPUBLIC
EMAIL ; inter_combank00@o2.pl
DIRECTOR ; REV KEN OVIE
PHONE NO ; +229 9358 6265

So contact the bank for your funds immediately to avoid loosing it and having noted that Dr FIDELIS ORJI has abursed his portufillo by using his position in this company to collect money from our costumer by introducing hisself as a director of this company wish is not true. The director of this company is Prof. James Akaya but due to his illines that that waranted him to be admitted in hospital, Dr FIDELIS ORJI who was his assistance then took incharge of the company but this company is very sad to recieved many complained from our costumers in this short period of his service. So this company has decided to quite him. So bear it in mind that Dr FIDELIS ORJI is no longer working in this courier company.

Treat with dispatch,
Yours Faithfully
Prof James Akaya
Director D&D
+229-9731-1317

**GLOBAL MAX Courier Company Dispatch LTD, Registered in England No 929027.

Regulated by the Delivery Services Authority
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