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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:
  • "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)
  • "cotonou" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  
• 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.
  • +22993840241 (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.
  • global_courier@bk.ru (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "offi_chambers22 Gazeta.pl" <offi_chambers22@gazeta.pl>
Date: Sat, 17 May 2008 19:01:20 +0200
Subject: Hello,-Sir--Madam


*Hello,-Sir--Madam*

*I have been waiting for you since to contact me for your Confirmable bank
Draft what total sum of $6.500,000.00 ( Six Millions Five Hundred Thousand
United States of America Dollars Only*

*But I did not hear from you since that time ,then I went and deposited the
Draft with Global Courier Trust Express & Security Company,Cotonou, Benin
Republic.*

*Note,what you have to do now is to contact Global Courier Trust Express
& Security Company as soon as possible to know when they will deliver your
package check draft,because of the expiring mandate.*

*I paid for the Insurance charges fee total amount of $1,610,The only
money you will send to Global Courier Trust Epress & Security Company to
deliver your Draft direct to your postal Address in your country is ($194)
One Hundred and Ninety Four United States of America Dollars only being
their delivery important fee.*

*You have to contact the Global Courier Trust Express & Security Company
for the delivery of your Draft
with this information bellow.*

*Contact Person; Dr,Walter Ekwe.
Email Address: **global_courier@bk.ru* <global_courier@bk.ru>
*Tel/FAX;(+229-93 840-241)*

*Finally make sure that you reconfirm your delivery address to them again to
avoid any mistaking 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.*

*Try to contact them as soon as you receive this mail to avoid
Any further delay.*

*You should also Let me know as soon as you receive your Draft.
I will be awaiting your response to this email*

*Yours Faithfully,
Larry R. Kurtz
*

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