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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:
  • "dear friend" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "united state dollar" (this email uses bad English)
• 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.
  • +22993487023 (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.
  • singhglobaltrustmaxc@myway.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: kenneth_x2@zipmail.com.br
Date: Thu, 1 Nov 2007 03:42:46 +0100
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?Dear=20Friend=2C?=

Dear Friend,

Contact The Singh Global Trust Max Courier For Your Delivering, I have
been waiting for you since to come down here and pick up your $950,000.00
Nine Hundred and Fifty Thousand united state dollars only Bank Draft but
I did not hear from you since that Time, then I went and deposited the Draft
with Singh Global Trust Max Courier here In Benin Republic, because I travelled
to Iraq to see my boss and will not Come back till next month end.
You have to contact the Singh Global Trust Max to know when they will Deliver
your package.
I have paid for the delivering charges and registeration Fee.

The only money you have to send to them is their security keeping fee of
$115.00 us Dollars to received your package? Don't be deceived by Any body
this is their Contact Address Contact:
Dr Benson Smith Customer's Care Dept Singh Global Trust Max Courier Benin
Republic. E-mail :(singhglobaltrustmaxc@myway.com )
Phone number +229-93487023 or 00229-93487023 Try to contact them as soon
as possible to avoid increasing the security Keeping fee.
I gave them your delivering address but you have to reconfirm it to them
again to avoid any mistake in the delivering.
Your $950,000.00 Drafted Check registeration numbers is: GT.12301 Please
for immediate delivery include your:

Full Name: ...............................
Your Phone Number(s): ....................
Your Registeration Numbers: ..............
Your Date Of Birth .......................
Your Occupation ..........................
Name Of Your Country .....................

Let me know as soon as you receive your Draft. Thanks,

Mr.KENNETH

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