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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:
  • "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. )
  • "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. )
  • "remain blessed" (scammers in West Africa like to use religious phrases)
• 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.
  • shalom_inf_company001@yahoo.fr (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: usmanakinde@freenet.de
Date: Tue, 01 Apr 2008 12:21:33 +0200
Subject: Attention,


Attention,

I have Paid for the delivery fee for your Cheque
Draft.but
the manager of Financial Trust Bank Plc Benin told me
that
before the check will get to you that it will expire.So i told him
to
cash $850,000.00 all the necessary arrangement of delivering
the
$850,000.00 incash was made with GLOBAL MAX COURIER COMPANY
DIRECTOR.
Below is the needed information to enable them deliver
your fund to you
immediately.The only fee you have to pay
them is $95 usd that they will
use to obtain insurance certificate and
claims of affadvite that will
prove that the parcel that consist
total sum of $850.000.00 belong to
you be rest assure that all other
fees have been paid by me.
SHALOM MAX
COURIER COMPANY DIRECTOR
PROFFESOR .NELSON
UDO.
EMAIL;(shalom_inf_company001@yahoo.fr)
1.YOUR FULL
NAME...................
2.YOUR HOME ADDRESS................
3.YOUR
CURRENT HOME TELEPHONE NUMBER................
4.YOUR CURRENT OFFICE
TELEPHONE..................
5.A COPY OF YOUR
PICTURE......................
6.COMPANY REGISTRATION NO EG58945
7.CODE
NMBER 0140479
Please make sure you send this needed info\'s
to the
Director general of shalom Courier Company
PROFFESOR.REV.NELSON
UDO
with the address given to you.
Note ;The GLOBAL MAX Delivery
COURIER COMPANY LTD don\'t
know the contents of the Box. I registered it
as a Box of
family valuable belongs. They don\'t know it contents fund.
this
is to avoid them delaying with the Box. don\'t let them know
that
is money that is in that Box.I am waiting for your urgent
response.
Thanks and Remain Blessed.
SECRETARY Peter More.

Anti-fraud resources:

• What can you do when you receive 419 spam