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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:
  • "waiting for your urgent response" (scammers rush victims so they don't have time to think properly)
  • "courier service" (Courier companies mentioned in 419 scams are always fake. They will have you send money to them, but won't deliver anything. )
  • "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 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.
  • fedexexpressbe@breakthru.com

Fraud email example:

From: alisa dona <mrsalisadona@yahoo.fr>
Date: Wed, 19 Mar 2008 03:44:28 +0100 (CET)
Subject: Good day!


Good day!

We have been waiting for you since to contact us foryour Confirmable Bank Draft of $850,000 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 Yayi 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 $850,000 USD UNITED STATES DOLLARS to cash payment to avoid losing this funds under expiration as I will be out out of the country for a 3 Months Course and I will not come back till end of MAY 2008.
What you have to do now is to contact the FEDEX 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,And Registration .

The only money you wil l send to the Courier Company to deliver your Consignment direct to your postal Address in your country is ($310) Three Hundred & ten United States Dollars only only being Security Keeping Fee of the Courier Company so far.Again, don't be deceived by anybody to pay any other money except $310 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 FEDEX COURIER COMPANY now for
the delivery of your Draft with this information
bellow;

Contact Person: Mrs Elina Kone
Email Address:(fedexexpressbe@breakthru.com)
Finally, make sure that you reconfirm your Postal address and Direct telephone number to them again to avoid any mistake on the Delivery and ask them to give you the tracking number to enable you track yourpackage over there and know when it will get to your address.
Let me repeat again, try to contact them as soon asyou receive this mail to avoid any further delay and remember to pay them their Security Keeping fee of $310 US Dollars for their immediate action.Note this. The FEDEX COURIER SERVICE company don'tknow the contents of the Box. I registered it as a BOX of Africa cloths. 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 ok.

I am waiting for your urgent response.

Yours Faithfully,

alisa dona



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