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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:
  • "waiting for your urgent response" (scammers rush victims so they don't have time to think properly)
  • "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 "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.
  • +22993457608 (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.
  • universalcourier9@myway.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: eli_nkem2@zipmail.com.br
Date: Mon, 17 Dec 2007 18:23:49 +0100
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?CONTACT=20THE=20UNIVERSAL=20COURIER=20COMPANY=20NOW?=

Goodday!


We have been waiting for you since to contact us for your Confirmable Bank
Draft of$800,000 United States Dollars which my husband kept for but we
did not hear from you since that time. Then I went to the bank to confirm
if the draft has expired or getting near to expire and Mr.Justin John the
Director Bank of Africa told me that before the draft will get to your hand
that it will expire.So I told him to cash the $800,000 USD UNITED STATES
DOLLARS to cash payment to avoid losing this funds under expiration as I
will be out of the country for a 3Months Course.

What you have to do now is to contact the UNIVERSAL SECURITY COURIER COMPANY
as soon as possible to know when they will deliver your package to you because
of the expiring date.For your information, I have paid for the delivering
Charge,Insurance premium. The only money you will send to the Courier Company
to deliver your Consignment direct to your postal Address in your country
is($105.00 US) only being Security Keeping Fee of the Courier Company so
far.Again,don't be deceived by anybody to pay any other money except $105.00
US Dollars.I would have paid that but they said no because they don't know
when you will contact them and in case of demurrage. You have to contact
the UNIVERSAL SECURITY COURIER COMPANY now for the delivery of your Fund
with this information bellow;

Contact Person: Dr. ike ster
Email Address:(universalcourier9@myway.com)
Tel/FAX: +229 934 576 08

Finally, make sure that you reconfirm your Postal address and Direct telephone
number to them again to avoid any mistake on the Delivery.Let me repeat
again, try to contact them as soon as you receive this mail to avoid any
further delay and remember to pay them their Security Keeping fee of $105.00
US Dollars for their immediate action.

Note this. The UNIVERSAL SECURITY COURIER COMPANY don't know the contents
of the Box.They did not know the contents was money. this is to avoid them
delaying with the BOX.I am waiting for your urgent response.

Yours Faithfully,
Mr.eli nkem

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