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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)
  • "united state dollar" (this email uses bad English)
  • "barrister" (Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.)
  • "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.
  
• Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.
• 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.
  • +2348056020309 (Nigeria, prepaid mobile phone)

Fraud email example:

From: "Mr Barrister Felox" <barrister_felox101@yahoo.com>
Date: Sat, 19 Apr 2008 00:26:57 +0000
Subject: Contact FedEx Delivery Service!!!


Dear Friend,

Good day,

I just want to inform you that I have deposited your ATM MASTER CARD of USD $800,000,00 United state dollars to the Fedex Delivery services here in West Africa, due to I have waited enough to hear from you so that your funds will be transferred through CENTRAL BANK OF AFRICA (BOA) here, but because of the late response I now decide to deposit the ATM MASTER CARD with the fedex delivery services with your previous information as you listed it that time.

I have paid to them their delivery charges & insurance coverage fee, the only fee to be paid again is their security safe keeping fee of $185 dollars only.I would have paid that but they said no because they don't know when you will contact them and in case of demurrage.

I will be travelling to IRAQ to see my boss and I will not come back till next month,Therefore I will advise you to contact the fedex shipment officer with his contact information as listed below for the avoidiance of increase of their security safe keeping fee.

Note that I packaged the ATM MASTER CARD inside a magazine where nobody will notice the content, I also told the shipment officer Mr.Jude Vanna, that it is ordinary African magazine I want to deliver to my friend abroad to avoid further delay unless you delay to send their security safe keeping fee.

Below is the shippment officer contact information including his email address with the parcel reference number, note that without you indicating your parcel number as listed below the fedex delivery services will not listen to you they will be imagining if you want to steal another persons parcel.

Attention: Dr.Collins Oliver Shipment Officer Of Fedex delivery services
Nigeria.
E-mail: fedex_shippingagency@live.com
Tel: +234 805 602 0309
Shipment Code: CPEL/OWN/9876
Parcel Number: EG2272

Also below is the information they need to deliver the ATM MASTER CARD in form of African Magazine to your address, this is to avoid wrong delivery as i already gave them your delivery address but you have to re-confirm it to them ok.

Full name......................
Home address............
Country....................
Telphone...............

Please make sure the information is complete as they promised that once they receive their security safe keeping fee within 2 to 3 working days the magazine will arrived your door step according to the shipment officer.

Once again, the Fedex delivery services do not know the content of the parcel, I registered it as an African magazine they don't know it contains ATM MASTER CARD inside, this is to avoid them delaying the delivery and besides I don't want you to lose your inherittance funds.

Your ATM MASTER CARD withdrewing access pin code number is (0114) take note, once you receive the card you take it to any cashpoint around your area and sllotten it and enter the pin code for withdrewal, the amount you are to withdrew per day is USD$20,000.00. (Twenty thousand United State dollars) each day. Also ask them on how you are to make the payment for the security fee to them so they can effect immedaite delivery on your parcel.

Remain blessed and enjoy your funds.

Thanks.
Barrister Felox.

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