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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:
  • "trunk box" (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)
• 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.
  • +22993861888 (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.
  • global_max10@yahoo.fr (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: joe asa <joe_asa20@live.fr>
Date: Thu, 22 Nov 2007 18:24:48 +0100
Subject: Hello My Dear



Hello My Dear,

After waiting and no response was heard, I deposited and also paid forthe delivery fee of your $1.500 000.00USD,as onsignment box to GLOBALMAX COMPANY LIMITED in Benin Republic,because I travelled to SAUDIARABIA to visit my friend and i will not come back till next month ending.

I want You to contact the GLOBAL MAX COMPANY LIMITED to know when theywill delivering your consignment. I have paid for the deliveringcharges and also the insurance fee, the only fee you will pay them is the,monthly dumorage fee with they will pay the security department that

areguarding your consignment since the deposition day. But if you will bevery fast in contacting them, you will be charged for only one monthdumorage fee which will cost only $97 dollar. So i urge you to contactthem as soon as you received this email.

CONTACT PERSON; DR.DAVID AKA DISTRICTMANAGER GLOBAL MAX COMPANY LIMITED.E-mail:(global_max10@yahoo.fr) CONTACT PHONE+229-9386-1888

Try to contact them as soon as possible to avoid increase in dumoragefee. I gave them your delivering address but you have to reconfirm it tothem again to avoid any mistake in the delivery of your fund,Reconfirmbelow information to the company.

Your Full Name-----------------------Your Address---------------------------Home Telephone---------------------Office Telephone---------------------Your Pic----------------------------------

Finally indicate this code: GM0081 when contact them, it will identifythat you are the owner of the $1.500.000.00 consingment trunk boxdeposited in there company.Do let me know as soon as you receive yourconsignment and take a proper account of the content whether it is complite$1.500.000.00.

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