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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:

• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "dear friend" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "00,000.00" (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)
  • "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.
  • +22993159472 (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.
  • apex2deliverycompany002@yahoo.fr
  • tony_mba2001@yahoo.fr

Fraud email example:

From: harrymagana1@freenet.de
Date: Fri, 14 Mar 2008 21:31:34 +0100
Subject: Goodday my dear friend


Goodday my dear friend
I have been waiting for you since to contact me
for your Confirmable
Bank Draft of $1.200,000.00 United States Dollars,
but I did not hear
from you since for a couple of weeks now.Then I went
to the bank to
confirm if the draft has expired or getting near to
expire and
Mr.James Adams 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 $1.200,000.00 USD UNITED STATES DOLLARS to
cash payment
to avoid losing this funds under expiration as I will be
out of the
country for a 3 Months Course and I will not come back till
ending of
Aust 2008. What you have to do now is to contact Apex
Delivery Company
as soon as possible to know when they will deliver
your Consignment 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 Apex Deliv ery C ompany
to deliver your Consignment direct to
your postal Address in your
country is($105.00 US) One Hundred & Five
United States Dollars 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 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
Apex Delivery Company now for the
delivery of your Draft with this
information bellow;
Directors Name:
Rev Christ David;
Companys Name: Apex Delivery Company:

Telephone.......+229-93 159-472
Email Address:
apex2deliverycompany002@yahoo.fr
Finally, make sure that you reconfirm
your Postal address and Direct
telephone number to avoid any mistake on
the Delivery and ask them to
keep you updated on the arrival of your
consignment and know when it
will get to your address.
Let me repeat
again, try to cont act 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 The Apex
Delivery Company don\'t know the contents of the
Box.
I registered it
as a \"family valuable/Treasury\' They did not know the
contents was
money. this is to avoid them delaying with the BOX. Don\'t
let them
know that box contents money please.
You, should contacting secratary
through this Email address;
tony_mba2001@yahoo.fr
I am waiting for
your urgent response.
Yours Faithfully,
Mr Harry Magana

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