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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:
  • "million dollars" (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)
  • "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 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.
  • +22993444862 (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.
  • dhlcourier001@ubbi.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: jimpeter2@freenet.de
Date: Mon, 31 Mar 2008 20:49:03 +0200
Subject: ATTEN DEAR FIREND,


ATTEN DEAR FIREND,

I have been waiting for you since to contact me
for your Confirmable Bank Draft of $1.2Million Dollars, but I did not
hear from you since then.
Then I went to the bank to confirm if the
draft has expired 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 $1.200.000.00 USD UNITED STATES DOLLARS to cash
payment to avoid losing this funds under expiration as I will be out of
the country for 3 Months Course and I will not come back till end of
June 2008.
The only money you will send to the DHL courier to deliver
your Consignment direct to your postal Address in your country is
($155.00 US) One Hundred & fifity Five Dollars only being Security
Keeping Fee of the DHL Courier Company .
I would have paid that but they
said no because they don\'t know when you will contact them. Please send
your personal Contact to them .
(1)FULL NAME (2) FULL ADDRESS (3)COUNTRY
(4 )AGE (5) OCCUPATION (6) PHONE NUMBER

Contact Person: mr fred
water
Email Address:(dhlcourier001@ubbi.com )
Tel/FAX:+229
93444862.
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.
Yours Faithfully,
DR JIM PETER

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