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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)
  • ",500,000" (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)
  • "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)
  • "courier service" (Courier companies mentioned in 419 scams are always fake. They will have you send money to them, but won't deliver anything. )
  • "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.

Fraud email example:

From: jim peter<jimpeters17@freenet.de>
Date: Thu, 03 Apr 2008 09:36:07 +0200
Subject: CONTACT CHRONOPOST COURIER COMPANY FOR YOUR CONSIGNMENT


Dear Friend,
How are you today? Hope all is well with you and your
family?,You may not understand why this mail came to you. But if you do
not remember me, you might have received an email from me in the past
regarding your Bank Draft of $4.5M United States Dollars that your
friend left that i should send you which you never received.
I have been
waiting for you since to contact me for your Confirmable Bank Draft of
$4.5M United States Dollars, but I did not hear from you since for a
couple of weeks now.Then I went to the bank to confirm if the draft has
expired or getting near to expire and Mr.James Adams 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 $4,500,000.00 USD to cash payment
to avoid loosing this funds under expiration as I will be out of the
country for 4 Months Course and I will not come back till ending of July
2008.

What you have to do now is to contact Chronopost Courier Company
as soon as possible to know when they will deliver your Consignmen to
you because of the expiring date. For your information, I have paid for
the delivering Charge and Insurance premium.The only money you will send
to the CHRONOPOST COURIER SERVICES to deliver your Consignment direct to
your Address in your country is $75 US Dollars only being Security
Keeping Fee of the Courier Company so far. Again dont be deceived by
anybody to pay any other money except $75 US Dollars. I would have paid
that but they said no because they dont know when you will contact them
and in case of demurage.

You have to contact Chronopost Courier
Company now for the delivery of your Consignment with this information
bellow;

Companys Name:Chronopost Courier Company
The Directors name is
Patrick Martins
Email Address:chronocourier@live.com
Finally, make sure
that you reconfirm your 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.Finally, Endaevour to indicate this
CODE (CD0081) which will prove that you are the owner of the package
deposited in their company.

Note that it is when you must have pay the
$75 US Dollars for the security fee that the package will be released
and the tracking number would be given to you.
Note this. The CHRONO
COURIER SERVICES dont know the contents of the Box. I registered it as a
BOX of Africa Arts materials. They did not know the contents was money.
This is to avoid them delaying with the BOX. Don\'t let them know that
box contain money ok.

Yours Faithfully,

Mrs Patricia
Johnson


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