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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:
  • "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 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.
  • apesscourier@yahoo.fr (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: PASCAL KOUPAKI <pascalkoupaki44@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: <pascalkoupaki01@yahoo.fr>
Date: Sat, 6 Oct 2007 17:19:10 +0100
Subject: CONTACT APESS COURIER AND SECURITY COMPANY FOR YOUR $1.2MILLION
DRAFT



Dear Good Friend,
It is my pleasure to inform you that i have succeeded in transfering that fund with the co_operation of a new partner in india.Now, i have resigned my political appointment as my countries minister of finance and i am now based in india where i am using my share of the fund for some investments in india.I didn't forget your past efforts to assist me in transffering this funds.
Now contact the courier company where i registered the draft as a parcel with bellow informations...

COURIER COMPANIES NAME.....APESS COURIER AND SECURITY COMPANY

EMAIL.ADRESS.........apesscourier@yahoo.fr

PHONE..............+22997920270

Ask them to send to you parcel deposited for delivery to you containing the $1,200,000.00(USD$1.2MILLION)in a bank draft which i kept for your compensation.Remenber i registered it as a parcel i did not register it as a bank draft to avoid them tempering with it.Please accept the token as it is from the bottom of my heart.So feel free and get in touched with the courier company with the bellow listed informations to enable them know where to send the parcel to.Bello is the informations you have to send to them:

(1) YOUR FULL NAME .................
(2) YOUR ADDRESS ...................
(3) YOUR COUNTRY ...................
(4) YOUR PRIVATE TEL ...............

Please do let me know immediately you receive the bank draft so that we can share the joy together after all the pain at the time you were trying to help me out. At the moment I am very busy here in india with the investment projects

Finally, remember that i had forwarded instruction to the courier company on your behalf to receive the bank draft, so feel free to get in touch with them and ask them to the send the parcel containing the bank draft to you without any further delay as i have paid the delivery fees.

Best regards,
Hon:Dr Pascal Koupaki.
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