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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:
  • "cotonou" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
• 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.
  • +22993401388 (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.
  • fedexexpresscompany101@yahoo.fr (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "edwinwilson1 Gazeta.pl" <edwinwilson1@gazeta.pl>
Date: Fri, 30 May 2008 20:04:08 +0100
Subject: FEDEX EXPRESS COMPANY IS READY TO DELIVER YOUR CONSIGNMENT BOX


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CONTACT FEDEX EXPRESS COMPANY BENIN)
JERRY BELLO & COUNSELORS AT LAW
06 BP 1409 AKPAKPA DODOME
WEST AFRICA COTONOU REPUBLIC OF BENIN.
EMAIL:(**fedexexpresscompany101@yahoo.fr* <fedexexpresscompany101@yahoo.fr>*
)
PHONE:+229 93 401388

Happy New Day!!!

I have been waiting for you since to contact me for your Confirmable Bank
Draft of $1.5m 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 London told me that before the draft
will get to your hand that it will expire.

So I told him to cash the $1.5m USD UNITED STATES DOLLARS to cash
payment to avoid losing this 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 FEDEX EXPRESS COMPANYas 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, Insurance
premium.
The only money you will send to the FEDEX EXPRESS COMPANY to deliver
your Consignment direct to your postal Address in your country is ($125.00
US) One Hundred twenty Five United States Dollars only being Security
Keeping Fee of the Fedex Express Company so far.Again, don't be deceived by
anybody to pay any other money except $125.00 US Dollars. 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 FEDEX EXPRESS COMPANY now for the delivery of your
Draft *

* with this information bellow;
Directors Name: Dr. Jerry Bello
Companys Name:FEDEX EXPRESS COMPANY
Email Address: (**fedexexpresscompany101@yahoo.fr*<fedexexpresscompany101@yahoo.fr>
*)
Tel: +229 93401388

Finally, make sure that you reconfirm your Postal address and Direct
telephone number to them again 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 $125.00 US Dollars for their immediate action.

Note this. FEDEX EXPRESS COMPANY don't know the contents of the Box.
I registered it as a BOX of Africa cloths. They did not know the
contents was money. this is to avoid them delaying with the BOX. Don't let
them know that box contents money ok.

SHIPMENT CODE AWB 33XZS
PACKAGE REGISTERED CODE NO XGT442.
SECURITY CODE SCTC/2001DHX/567/
TRANSACTION CODE 233/CSTC/101/33028/
CERTIFICATE DEPOSIT CODE SCTC/BUN/xxiv/-78/01

Thanks and God bless you and your family.

Mr. Edwin Wilson

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