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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:
  • "clearance certificate" (this will cost you money - be careful with upfront payments to anyone you only know through email, especially if they promise you a lot of money. Never ever send money by Western Union or MoneyGram to people you do not know personally. )
  • "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 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.
  • accesstrustcourierdelivery@gawab.com
  • 3daccesstrustcourierdelivery@gawab.com

Fraud email example:

From: Frank Thompson <frankthomp3@yahoo.co.jp>
Date: Sun, 06 Apr 2008 20:27:07 +0200
Subject: Contact Access Trust Courier For Your Package Immediately.


Greetings,
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I have been waiting for you since to contact me for your loaded VISA ATM C=
ARD of $450.000.00 United States Dollars which you can withdraw the money =
in any VISA ATM MACHINE in any part of the world and the maximum you can w=
ithdraw a day is $1,000 but I did not hear from you since that time, Then =
I went and deposited the package with the ACCESS TRUST COURIER AND EXPRESS=
DELIVERY Accra, Ghana before I travelled out of the country.
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What you have to do now is to contact the Access Trust Express Courier as =
soon aspossible to know when they will deliver your package to you because=
of the expiring date. For your information, I have paid for the deliverin=
g Charges and Clearance Certificate Fee of the ATM CARD showing that it is=
not a Drug Money nor to s pon sor Terrorist attack in your Country, The o=
nly money you will send to the Courier company to deliver your ATM CARD di=
rect to your postal Address in your country is $115(OneHundred & Fifteen U=
nited States Dollars) only being their Security Keeping Fee of the Courier=
Company so far.
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Again, don't be deceived by anybody to pay any other money except $115.00,=
I would have paid that but they refused because they don't know when you =
will contact them and in case of demurrage. You have to contact the Access=
Trust Express Courier Company now for the delivery of your ATM CARD packa=
ge with=20
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this information bellow.
COURIER NAME: ACCESS TRUST COURIER .
CONTACT PERSON: MR. DAVID SAWYER
POSITION: FOREIGN DELIVERY DEPARTMENT.
E-MAIL: accesstrustcourierdelivery@gawab.com [http://jp.f31.mail.yahoo.co.=
jp/ym/Compose=3FTo=3Daccesstrustcourierdelivery@gawab.com]
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Finally, make sure that you reconfirm your full name, your current Postal =
address or your home address a nd d irect telephone number to them again t=
o avoid any mistake on the delivery and to know when it will get to your a=
ddress. Let me repeat again,try to contact them as soon as you receive thi=
s mail to avoid any further delay and remember to pay them their Security =
Keeping fee of $115 for their immediate action. You should also Let me kno=
w through email as soon as you receive your VISA ATM CARD.
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As a matter of fact, make sure as the rightful beneficiary of the VISA ATM=
CARD package of $450,000.00, you must contact them by indicating the cod =
(2661428) to enable them deliver the ATM package as they have it in their =
record.
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Yours Faithfully,
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Mr. Frank Thompson



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