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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:
  • "million united states dollars" (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)
  • "waiting for your urgent response" (scammers rush victims so they don't have time to think properly)
  • "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.
• 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.
  • +2348027021352 (Nigeria, prepaid mobile phone)

Fraud email example:

From: "davidakaji09 Gazeta.pl" <davidakaji09@gazeta.pl>
Date: Fri, 30 May 2008 07:16:45 -0700
Subject: Good day!!!!!


Good day!!!!!

I have been waiting for you since to contact me for your Confirmable
Bank Draft of $1.2Million 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
Dr.Wilson 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
$1.2Million USD UNITED STATES DOLLARS to cash payment to avoid losing
these funds under expiration as I will be out of the country for a 3
Months Course and I will not come back till ending of August 2008.

What you have to do now is to contact APEX COURIER SERVICES as soon as
possible to know when they will deliver your Consignment to you
because of the expiring date. For your information, I have paid for
the delivering Charge,

The only money you will send to the APEX COURIER SERVICES to deliver
your Consignment direct to your postal Address in your country is
($250.00 US) United States Dollars only being Security Keeping Fee of
the Courier Company so far. I would have paid that but they said no
because they don't know when you will contact them and in case of
demurrage.You have to contact APEX COURIER SERVICES now for the
delivery of your Draft with this information bellow;

Directors Name: Ms.Cassander Johnson
Companies Name: APEX COURIER SERVICES
Email Address: apexexpress950@live.com
Phone Number: +234-8027-021-352

Finally, forward your information to them such as below

Full name;.............
Postal address:............
Direct telephone number:.............

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. Let me repeat again, try to contact
them as soon as you receive this mail to avoid any further delay and
remember to pay them their Security Keeping fee of $250.00 US Dollars
for their immediate action.

Note this. The APEX COURIER SERVICES don't know the contents of the
Box. I registered it as a BOX of Africa cloths. when contacting them
use BOX of Africa cloths as Subject, They did not know the content was
money. This is to avoid them delaying with the BOX. Don't let them
know that box contents money ok.

I am waiting for your urgent response. USE BOX OF AFRICA CLOTHS AS SUBJECT

Yours Faithfully,
Dr.DAVID AKAJIUGO

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