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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:
  • "the consignment" (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)
  • "trunk box" (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)
  • "trunk boxes" (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)
  • "united state dollar" (this email uses bad English)
  • "the diplomat " ("diplomats" who perform deliveries of cash or other valuables to you only exist in 419 scams)
  • "courier service" (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 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.
  • +22993798095 (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.
  • apex.express.courier@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Cletus Adams" <cletus.adams@ig.com.br>
Date: Tue, 24 Jun 2008 12:19:31 +0200
Subject: CONTACT APEX EXPRESS COURIER SERVICES FOR YOUR FUND (PACKAGED)IN TRUNK BOXES


Hello Friend,



I waited for you to contact me for your confirmable Bank Draft worth (US$2.5
M) Two million five hundred thousand USD but I did not hear from you for a
couple of months now. Then i went to the issuing bank( Bank of Africa Benin
Republic) to confirm if the draft has expired or getting near to expiration
and Mr.Stephen Wilson the Director of the Bank told me that before the draft
will get to your address that it will expire. So I told him to convert the
US$2.5 M United States dollar 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.

However, all the necessary arrangement for delivering the $2.500.000.00
united state dollars in cash was made with APEX EXPRESS COURIER SERVICES
here in Cotonou Benin Republic,Mr.Stephen Wilson the Director of Bank of
Africa Cotonou has package the sum of $2.500.000.00 united state dollars in
cash for you.Then he also help me to Register the Consignment with APEX
EXPRESS COURIER SERVICES BENIN REPUBLIC.Infact I thank God very much for
all the arrangement made, every thing went smoothly.they promised that your
consignment will leave this Country on or before 5 days from now,but the
Director of APEX EXPRESS COURIER SERVICES BENIN REPUBLIC said that they need
your contact information to enable them meet up with you immediately the
Diplomat Agents arrive in your Country.The money was converted to cash by
the bank and now package in trunk boxes and was deposited with the APEX
EXPRESS COURIER SERVICES in Benin Republic,it was registered as made in
African fabrics.What you have to do now is to contact APEX EXPRESS COURIER
SERVICES to know when they will deliver your Consignment to your address.I
paid the shipment already for your delivery.

Finally, make sure that you reconfirm the following information to them;


1: YOUR FULL NAME.........
2: YOUR ADDRESS.......
3. 2.YOUR COUNTRY
4: YOUR PHONE NUMBER..........
5. A COPY OF YOUR PICTURE OR DRIVER'S LICENCE



You have to contact APEX EXPRESS COURIER SERVICES now for the delivery of
your consignment with this information bellow;



Name of the security company: APEX EXPRESS COURIER SERVICES BENIN
Company's email address : ( apex.express.courier@gmail.com )
Address : 145kl Kalavi avanue,Cotonou,Benin Republic
Director's of the company: Dr.Agaba James.
Telephone: 00229 9379 8095


You can even call the Director of APEX EXPRESS COURIER SERVICES BENIN
REPUBLIC on this phone number: 00229 9379 8095.

Below is the Deposit details:
Deposit Number: APXEC-101-PL45
Sort/Clearance Code: PLC/101-45/P50
Deposit Certificate N0.: 405576
Consignment Description: 2 bOXes of African fabrics
Depositor: Dr.Wilson Stephen.



This information is 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.


Note this,the APEX EXPRESS COURIER SERVICES don't know the contents of the
box. It is registered as made in African fabrics. They did not know that
the content was money. This is to avoid them delaying with the trunk box.
Don't let them know that box contains money so that they will not try to
open your trunk box.God bless.


Yours' Faithfully,
Mr.Cletus Adams.

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