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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:
  • "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)
  • "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)
  • "i will advice you " (this email uses bad English)
  • "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.
  • +22993487023 (Benin, probably a prepaid mobile phone)

Fraud email example:

From: "Agu john" <johnagu00@student.com>
Date: Tue, 1 Jul 2008 02:47:49 +0800
Subject: ATTENTION!!!


*ATTENTION!!! *

*Its disappointing that I have been waiting for you to come down here and
pick your $1.500 000.00 USD but I did not heard from you.Then I went and
deposited the $1.500 000.00 Million USA Dollars,as a consignment boxes to
SINGH GLOBAL TRUST MAX COURIER COMAPNY BENIN BRANCH. in Benin
Republic,because I travelled to SAUDI ARABIA and i will not come back till
next month end. I want You to contact the SINGH GLOBAL TRUST MAX COURIER
COMAPNY BENIN BRANCH. to know when they will deliver your consignment boxes
to you. Please i want to let you know that only the director knows the
content and no body else knows about this only Dr Benson Smith the director
So please waste no time in contacting them with the below information. I
have paid for the delievery fee so the only money you have to send to them
now is the security keeping fee of your consignment.Please i will advice you
to be friendly with Dr Benson Smith the director because he alone have the
idea of the
content of your consignment.But i want to let you know that i did not give
him the key of the boxes so please take note that as soon as they deliver
the consignment use this ( CODE NUMBERS TO OPEN THE THREE BOXES TO KNOW IF
THE COMPLETE OF 1.5MILLION USD IS IN IT ). THE FIRST BOX CODE ( 0036589 )THE
SECOND BOX CODE ( 0014759 )THE THIRD BOX CODE ( 4475855 ) AND I WANT YOU TO
KEEP THIS CODE NUMBERS CONFIDENTIAL IN YOUR HOME TO AVOID ANOTHER PERSON
GETTING INTOUCH WITH YOUR MONEY MAY GOD BLESS YOU AND YOUR FAMILY. *

*Don't be deceived by any body and contact the company immediately to avoid
any further delay all arrangement as been concluded.This is their Contact
information: *

*DR. BENSON SMITH DIRECTOR SINGH GLOBAL TRUST MAX COURIER. *

*ADDRESS:WANLIDA HOUSE BUILDING 20 DEGBAGO CRESCENT, COTONOU. BENIN REPUBLIC
.*

*E-mail:(**singhgloba_courrrier76@live.com*<singhgloba_courrrier76@live.com>
*)*

*Website: **www.singhglobaltrustcourier.skyrock.com*<http://www.singhglobaltrustcourier.skyrock.com/>
* *

*Phone number AND Direct Tel: +229-9348-7023 OR 00229-9348-7023 *

*Try to contact them as soon as possible to avoid increasing the security
keeping fee I gave them your delivering address but you have to reconfirm it
to them again to avoid them making mistake in delievering your consignment
to your home reconfirm below information to the company immediately and tell
them to send to you the airwaybill reciept as soon as you send them the
security fee. I would have paid the security fee for you but they said no
because they dont know when you will contact them so please they are waiting
for you to contact them with your information to avoid mistake in delivery.
and let them know also that they should waste no time in sending to you the
tracking number of your consignment so that you can be able to track it and
know when it will arrive your country. *

*Also i have gave the company your address where to deliver the box to you
but you have to reconfirm it once again to the company: *

*1. FULL NAME: *

*2. ADDRESS WERE YOU WANT THEM TO SEND THE CONSIGNMENT: *

*3 PHONE AND FAX NUMBER: *

*4. YOUR AGE AND CURRENT OCCUPATION: *

*5. ATTACH COPY OF YOUR IDENTIFICATION: *

*in embedding Let me know as soon as you receive your consignment,and check
the contents whether the complete of the total $1.500 000.00 million united
states dollars is in it. Please always call them to know the condition of
this three boxes because you know the content so please let it be very
important to you So try and do everything possible to make sure that this
three boxes gets to your home with out any delay. *

*Warmest Regards *

*Joseph Agu*

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