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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)
  • "diplomatic courier" ("diplomats" who perform deliveries of cash or other valuables to you only exist in 419 scams)
  • "courier company" (Courier companies mentioned in 419 scams are always fake. They will have you send money to them, but won't deliver anything. )
  • "cheque " (Beware of any scheme that involves cashing checks or money orders and then wiring a portion of the funds somewhere - you'll be liable for the entire amount if the checks or money orders turn out to be fake, even after you have received and forwarded cash. If it's a lottery prize, remember that real lotteries do not pay large prizes by check. They wire the money directly to your bank account and you do not pay for that. Many scammers promise a large check only in order to then demand payment of courier fees for a fake courier service. )
• 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.
  • ifexexpress@gmail.com
  • mikeuju1@hotmail.fr

Fraud email example:

From: mikeuju@freenet.de
Date: Tue, 25 Mar 2008 10:17:33 +0100
Subject: CONTACT COURIER COMPANY NOW



Dear Friend,
It has been long we communicated last, am so sorry for
the delay,I
mean your cheque of USD$850.000.00 that my boss asked me to
mail to
you as soon as you request for it,but due to some high price of

courier company you fails to respond to me, and presently the cheque

is still with me here in Benin Republic,I went to the bank to verify

if the cheque still good but i was told that your cheque is good that

you can cash the cheque to any bank in the world,I which to inform you

that I have find A new contact from a friend of mine who works with
Diplomatic Courier Company here in BENIN REPUBLIC that will deliver your
cheque at your door step with a cheeper rate, which the company said
that it will cost you the sum of $95.00 us dollars, so you have to hurry
and register with them nowand try to ask them to give you the Direction
which you will use to send the $95.00 to them to enable them proceed
with the delivery of your cheque,because your draft is already with
them,the draft was packaged in a way that the courier company will not
open it untill you receiver it according to them it will only take them
2 days to deliver the cheque to your door step,so my friend you have to
hurry and make sure you send the $95.00 to them to enable them deliver
the draft to you ,contact them immedaitely with the information giving
to you, so that your $850.000.00 will be deliver to you this week,

Belowis thier email address: (ifexexpress@gmail.com) And the
Directors
name is ( DR SENDOFF TULUGO) Please do send your full
address to them
such as
YOUR FULL NAME .........
YOUR ADDRESS WHERE THE DRAFT WILL BE
DROPPED
YOUR CONTACT PHONE................
YOUR COUNTRY
LOCATION................
And try to get back to me by writing me through
my private email
address;(mikeuju1@hotmail.fr)
I wait to hear from you
soon.
Thank you.
Mr Mike Uju

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