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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:
  • "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.
  • +2348086182219 (Nigeria, 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.
  • mrbruce_williams_fedex@hotmail.com

Fraud email example:

From: "chi ube" <chikeluojohn17@ig.com.br>
Date: Sat, 21 Jun 2008 18:10:38 -0700
Subject: CONTACT FEDEX COURIER COMPANY FOR YOUR BOX.


ATTENTION: BENEFICIARY


I have been waiting for you since to contact me for your Confirmable Bank
Draft of $3 Million United States Of America 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 the date of 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 $18 MILLION UNITED STATES OFAMERICA 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
september 2008.What you have to do now is to contact Fedex COURIER COMPANY
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,
Insurance premium.



The only money you will send to the Fedex Courier Company to deliver your
Consignment direct to your postal Address in your country is ($170 .00USD)
One
Hundred And Seventy United States Dollars only being Security Keeping Fee
of the Courier Company so far.Again, don't be deceived by anybody to pay
any other
money except $170.00 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 Courier Company Servecis now, for the delivery of
your Draft with this information bellow:



1,Your full Name
2, Your Delivery Address:
3, Your Cell Phone Number:
4,Your Age:
5,Your Country:
6,Your OCUPATION:



Directors Name: Mr Bruce Williams
Companys Name: Fedex Courier Company
Email Address: mrbruce_williams_fedex@hotmail.com
Telephone: +234-8086182219



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 door step so that you can sign on
it.


Let me repeat again,Try to contact them as soon as you receive this mail
and ask them how you will make the security fee of $170.00usd to them to
avoid any
further delay and remember to pay them their Security Keeping fee of $170.00
US Dollars for their immediate action.


Note this. The FEDEX COURIER 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 is money ok.


Yours Faithfully,
Mr.Thomas Smith.

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