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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:
  • "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. )
  • "remain blessed" (scammers in West Africa like to use religious phrases)
• 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.
  • +229939868951 (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.
  • f_express_c@list.ru
  • 3bf_express_c@list.ru

Fraud email example:

From: "mike_ben06 Gazeta.pl" <mike_ben06@gazeta.pl>
Date: Thu, 19 Jun 2008 19:39:03 +0200
Subject: CONTACT FEDEX DELIVERY COMPANY FOR YOUR PACKAGE


Hello My Dear,
How are you today and your family?
I have been waiting for you since to contact me for your Confirmable Bank
Draft of $1.500,000 usd, 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 $1.500,000 USD UNITED STATES DOLLARS to cash
payment to avoid losing this funds under expiration as I will be out out of
the country for a 3 Months Course and I will not come back till ending of
August 2008.

Below is the needed information to enable them deliver your fund to you
immediately. the only fee you have to pay them is $125 usd that they will
use to obtain insurance certificate and Security Keeping Fee be rest assure
that all other fees were paid by me.

FEDEX COURIER SERVICES DIRECTOR
REV.DR.MARTINS DUBESI< br />EMAIL
ADDRESS;f_express_c@list.ru<ADDRESS%3Bf_express_c@list.ru>
PHONE NUMBER +22993986895

1.YOUR FULL NAME________
2.YOUR HOME ADDRESS.______
3.YOUR CURRENT CONTACT TELEPHONE NUMBER._____
4.COPY OF YOUR PICTURE________________
5.SEX________________
6.AGE________________

Please make sure you send this needed info to the Director general of
FEDEX COURIER SERVICES
REV.DR.MARTINS DUBESI with the address given to you. Note ;The FEDEX COURIER
SERVICES LTD don't know the contents of the Box. I registered it as a Box of
family valuable belongs. They don't know it contents fund. this is to avoid
them delaying with the Box. don't let them know that is money that is in
that Box.

I am waiting for your
urgent response.
Thanks and Remain Blessed.
Mr Mike Ben

Anti-fraud resources:

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