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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 company" (Courier companies mentioned in 419 scams are always fake. They will have you send money to them, but won't deliver anything. )
  • "cotonou" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
• 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.
  • +229938467991 (Benin, probably a prepaid mobile phone)

Fraud email example:

From: johnemene@freenet.de
Date: Thu, 20 Mar 2008 16:23:00 +0100
Subject: Contact the Fedex Express Delivery Company LTD Now


GOOD DAY
I have been waiting for you since to contact me for your
Confirmable Bank Draft of
$1.500,000 United States Dollars,but I 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 $1.500,000 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 January 2008.
What you have to do
now is to contact the fedex express delivery 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 of the Cheque.
The only money you will send to
the fedex express delivery company your Consignment direct to your
postal Address in your country is ($195.00 US) 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
$195.00 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 fedex express delivery company now for the delivery of
your Draft with this information bellow;
NAME: fedex Express Delivery
Company ltd.
ATTANTION: MR WHITE HARRY
ADDRESS: Cotonou Bennin
Republic
E-MAIL:fdeliverycompany94@y7mail.com

Tel/FAX:+229-93846799
1.YOUR FULL NAME:
2.YOUR COUNTRY:
3.YOUR HOME
ADDRESS:
4.YOUR CURRENT HOME TELEPHONE NUMBER:
5.YOUR CURRENT OFFICE
TELEPHONE:
6.A COPY OF YOUR PICTURE
7.YOUR AGE
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 your package over there and know
when it will get to your address.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 $195.00 US Dollars
for their immediate action.Note this.The fedex express company don\'t
know 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,
Mr john
Emene


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