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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:
  • "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)
  • "very confidential" (scammers urge victims to keep the transaction secret because they don't want anyone to point out to them that it is a scam)
  • "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 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.
  • +22993905641 (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.
  • vip_fedex_delivery@o2.pl (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: chrissmbah02@freenet.de
Date: Tue, 25 Mar 2008 13:34:29 +0100
Subject: YOUR HENOESTY PAYMENT


YOUR HENOESTY PAYMENT
FROM;
THE DEBT LIQUIDATION EXERCISE
OF AFRICAN
BUSINESS ROUND TABLE AND BCEAO
message codes :
00/cbn/bceao/002219/8/1/2008
May i use this juncture to notify you that
the new government of A.B.R.T have Paid the bills which was the cause of
the delay of your payments,and the managements of CBN and BCEAO has put
your funds into a foreign draft,which we find out that before the draft
will reach you it may get expired due to the unreliablity ofthe
corrupted postal service here,and we decided to convert the draft into
cash,(boxed money)the sum of$3.500,000.00 so to deliver it to you in
cash on your personal receipt at your DESTINATION in your country.
We
wish to deliver your payment through this system to avoid another stress
of K.T.T and as you had disappointed in the past. All the necessary
arrangements of delivering the $3.5000,000.00 in cash to you has been
made with FEDEX COURIER SERVICE .YOU have to get in touch with RFEDEX
COURIER SERVICE via email or telephone immediately.
Below are their
contacts
Address to the CS: julian mayi
Telephone number:+229 9390
5641
EMAIL:( vip_fedex_delivery@o2.pl )
Please Send them your contacts
information to enable them locate you immediately they arrive in your
country with your CONSIGNMENT
1.YOUR FULL NAME:
2.YOUR COUNTRY:
3.YOUR
HOME ADDRESS:
4.YOUR POST CODE:
5.YOUR NEAREST AIRPORT:
6.YOUR MOBILE
AND FIX TELEPHONE NUMBERS:
7.YOUR PRESENT OCCUPATION:
IMPORTANT
NOTICE... The FEDEX COURIER SERVICE don\'t know the contents of your
delivery,it was a special deposited and registered -as a Box of
INHERITANCE VALUABLES . Once-more ? You will pay the FEDEX COURIER
SERVICE a little buck for FORCE OF NATURE TAG (a sticker), which will
place on the box to indicate a VIP delivery,so that the detective
agents will not open the BOX for search while on transit, as the
content was not disclosed; pls request for the scanned copy of the said
FORCE OF NATURE, from the FEDEX COURIER SERVICE ,this is to avoid
repeating delaying or mischiefing with your payments by any governments
agent while on transit.so be very confidential,and so let it be
CHEERS
,
Dr.Samuel Sodeh
paymaster.
DEBT LIQUIDATION EXERCISE
AFRICAN BUSINESS
ROUND TABLE
CENTRAL BANK OF WEST AFRICAN STATES REPUBLIC OF
BENIN

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