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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:
  • "insurance fee " (this will cost you money - be careful with upfront payments to anyone you only know through email, especially if they promise you a lot of money. Never ever send money by Western Union or MoneyGram to people you do not know personally. )
  • "courier service" (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 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  
• 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.
  • gcsccompany2020@yahoo.fr (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: jimpeters30@freenet.de
Date: Sat, 15 Mar 2008 01:08:00 +0100
Subject: CONTACT GLOBAL COURIER SERVICE COMPANY IMMEDIATELY


Dearrest Friend

Good day, How are you today? I am writing to inform
you that I have Paid for the delivery fee for your bank Draft .but the
manager of Eco Bank Benin told me that before the check will get to
you that it wil expire.So i told him to cash $950,000,00,and arrange
in another bank draft for you, All the necessary arrangement of
delivering the $950,000,00,in cash or in bank draft was made with
GLOBAL COURIER SERVICE COMPANY.

Be inform that there are some
documents to be secured.The only fee you have to send to them is $125
USD which will serve as the insurance fee and claims of affadvite to
enable them deliver the bank Draft to you immediately.

Do contact
them and request on how you will send the needed $125 to them with all
your informations and let me know when you have recieve your fund, below
is the needed information you need to contact to enable them deliver
your fund to you immediately.

COMPANY NAME:GLOBAL COURIER SERVICE
COMPANY
CONTACT DIRECTOR IN CHRAGE: JOHNSON YAYI
CONTACT EMAIL:
gcsccompany2020@yahoo.fr
Contact them with your below information
1.
YOURFULL NAME:
2. YOUR HOME ADDRESS:
3. YOUR CURRENT TELEPHONE
NUMBER:


Do let me know immediately you receive your consignment
that consist your fund that I deposited in the GLOBAL COURIER SERVICE
COMPANY so that we can share the joy together.

BEST REGARDS,
DR JIM
PETERS



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