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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:
  • "cheque " (Beware of any scheme that involves cashing checks or money orders and then wiring a portion of the funds somewhere - you'll be liable for the entire amount if the checks or money orders turn out to be fake, even after you have received and forwarded cash. If it's a lottery prize, remember that real lotteries do not pay large prizes by check. They wire the money directly to your bank account and you do not pay for that. Many scammers promise a large check only in order to then demand payment of courier fees for a fake courier service. )
• This email message is a "New Partner from Paraguay" scam.
• 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.
  • +22993588101 (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.
  • glo_maxccb008@yahoo.pl (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: barrysam1@zipmail.com.br
Date: Sat, 8 Dec 2007 22:58:43 +0100
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?=20GOOD=20NEWS/=20CONTACT=20THE=20COURIER=20COMPANY=2E?=

Hello Dear Freind,

How are you today? Hope you are doing Well, I write to inform you that I
have Paid the fee for your Cheque Draft today due your delay,but the manager
of Finacial Bank Benin told me that before the check will get to you that
it will expire.

So i told him to cash $850,000.00 in cash payment in which all has been
seal in Truck Package and all the necessary arrangement of delivering the
$850,000.00 in cash was made with GLO MAX COURIER DELIVERY SERVICE COMPANY
LIMITED here in benin.So contact them now and This is the information they
need to delivery your Truck package to you Address.

DR.IKE DOMINIC/ DIRECTOR OF THE COMPANY.
MR.SADIKU MOHAMED / ASSISTANCE

EMAIL: glo_maxccb008@yahoo.pl
TELE PHONE:+229-93-588-10

1.YOUR FULL NAME......
2.YOUR HOME ADDRESS........
3.YOUR CURRENT HOME TELEPHONE NUMBER...
5.SCAN A COPY OF YOUR PICTURE..............

Contact them with all your full detail information address and updae me
when you received your truck box from the Company so that we can share the
joy at once ok.

Thanks & I am waiting for your good news.

Sincerely
Mr.Felix Moore
Secetary to your Friend

Anti-fraud resources:

• What can you do when you receive 419 spam