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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:
  • "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)
  • "waiting for your urgent response" (they are rushing you so you don't have time to think properly)
  • "cotonou" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
• 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.
  • gloshippinginsurancecompany@yahoo.fr (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: gosin james <gosinjames@yahoo.fr>
Date: Mon, 30 Jul 2007 11:33:09 +0200 (CEST)
Subject: Attn;Berthold Kohl, CONTACT GLOBAL TRUST SECURITY COMPANY NOW??????????


Attn;Berthold Kohl,

I,m very very eager with you,Be inform that after i have Paid the shipping fee for your International bank Draft,i have been waiting to hear from you,So i went to the bank to confirm if the draft has expired or getting near to expire and Mr.Jeff Brown the Director of Capital Trust Bank told me that before the draft will get to your hand that it will expire.
So I told him to cash the $1.200.00 UNITED STATES DOLLARS to cash payment to avoid losing this fund.However,all the necessary arrangement of delivering the $1.200.00 UNITED STATES DOLLARS in cash was made with global trust security company here in Cotonou Benin Republic,

Mr. Jeff Brown the Director of ECO Trust Bank Cotonou has to package the fund in cash for me.Then he also agreed to help me to register the Consignment with global trust security company.Intact I thank God very much for all the movement I made, every thing goes normally.

As for our agreement with the global trust security company they promised that your consignment will leave this Country this week, But the Director of the global trust security company said that they need your contacts information to enable them meet up with you immediately their Diplomant Agent arrived to your Country.

Please write a letter of application to the given address below .

DR.HERBERT ADDAMA
EMAIL: ( gloshippinginsurancecompany@yahoo.fr )
Tele:+229 97 497 465

Please,Send them your contacts information to enable them locate you immediately they arrived in your country with the consignment box.This is what they need from you:

1.YOUR FULL NAME..............................................
2.YOUR HOME ADDRESS.....................................
3.YOUR COUNTRY AND CITY...............................
4.YOUR HOME TELEPHONE NUMBER.................
5.YOUR CURRENT OFFICE TELEPHONE........................
6.A COPY OF YOUR PASPORT OR ID..............................

Please make sure you send this needed information to the Director general of Max Global Trust Security Company with the address given to you.

Note: that the global trust security company didn’t know the contents of the consignment box.Becuase i registered it as a box of an Africa cloths.They don't know it contents money. This is to avoid them delaying with the consignment in office.So don't ever let them know the content of the box.

Thanks as i,m waiting for your urgent response.

Mr. Gosin James.






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