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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:
  • "dear friend" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "dumorrage" (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. )
  • "huge amount of money" (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 company" (Courier companies mentioned in 419 scams are always fake. They will have you send money to them, but won't deliver anything. )
  • "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 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.
  • apexcourierdelivery@canada.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
  • excourierdelivery@canada.com

Fraud email example:

From: "Pastor Mike Johnson" <pastormikejohnson@klikni.cz>
Date: Fri, 23 May 2008 13:22:59 +0100
Subject: CONTACT APEX COURIER DELIVERY COMPANY FOR THE PACKAGE


*HILL & COUNSELORS AT LAW)
06 BP 1409 AKPAKPA DODOMEY
COTONOU REPUBLIC OF BENIN. *

*Dear Friend,*
**
*Greetings to you & your Family. I have been waiting for you since to
contact me for your Confirmable Bank Draft of ($1.2m) United States Dollars,
but didn't hear from you since that time ,Then I went and deposited the
Draft with APEX COURIER DELIVERY COMPANY ,COTONOU, BENIN REPUBLIC before I
travelled out of the country for a short Course and i will not come back
till end of next Month.What you have to do now is to contact the APEX
COURIER DELIVERY COMPANY as soon as possible to know when they will deliver
your package to you because of the expiring date. For your information, I
have paid for the delivering Charges, Insurance fee, The only money you
will pay to Courier & Security Company to deliver your Draft direct to your
postal Address in your country is ($106) only being their Security Keeping
Fee of the Courier Company so far. Again, Do not be deceive by anybody to
pay any other money except $106.00, I would have paid that but they said no
because they don't know when you will contact them and in case of
dumorrage.You have to contact the APEX COURIER DELIVERY COMPANY now for the
delivery of your Draft with this information bellow.

APEX COURIER DELIVERY COMPANY BENIN REPUBLIC.
E-mail: ( **apexcourierdelivery@canada.com*<http://us.mc460.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to
excourierdelivery@canada.com>
* )
Registration Reference No; wwdsc/xxx/100
Code Number:xxxdcsc/654 5*

*Finally, make sure that you reconfirm your Postal address and Direct
telephone number to them again to avoid any mistake on the Delivery and Let
me repeat again, try to contact them as soon as you receive this mail to av
oid any further delay and remember to pay them their Security Keeping fee of
$106 for their immediate action.You should also Let me know through email as
soon as you receive your Draft.

Note; APEX COURIER DELIVERY COMPANY do not know the contents of the parcel.
I registered it as my photograph (pix) being sent to a friend overseas.
They do not know that it contains a bank draft of such a huge amount of
money, this is to avoid them tempering with the parkage. Do not let them
know the contents of the parcel. I am waiting to hear the good news from
you.*

*Regards,
Pastor Mike Johnson*

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