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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:
  • "barr." (Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.)
  • "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 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.
  • +22993022880 (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.
  • fedexservice.companyplc@yahoo.com.ar (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "michael joe" <michaeljoe40@gala.net>
Date: Wed, 2 Jul 2008 01:41:12 +0200
Subject: CONTACT FEDEX SERVICE COMPANY


Hello my dear,

I have been waiting for you since to come down here and pick your money but
I did not heard from you since that time as we fixed.Then I went and
deposited the $1.5,000 000.00 Million USA Dollars,as consignment box to
FedEX EXPRESS COURIER COMPANY LIMITED in Benin Republic,because I travelled
to SAUDI ARABIA to visit my friend and i will not come back till next month
ending.
CONTACT FedEX EXPRESS COURIER COMPANY LIMITED immediatly to know when they
will deliver your package. I have paid for the delivering charges.The only
money you have to send to them is the security keeping fee of your
consignment, which is $250Us Dollars to received your package.

CONTACT PERSON; __________ , DISTRICT
MANAGER,Fidelis Duwell
E-mail:(fedexservice.companyplc@yahoo.com.ar)
CONTACT PHONE+229-93022880

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 any mistake on the delivering your
consignment.Reconfirm below information to the company.
Your Full Name---------------------
Your Address------------------------
Home telephone---------------------
Office telephone---------------------
Your country--------------------------
Attach copy of your identification,

Let me know as soon as you receive your package,and check the contents
weather the complete of the total $1.5,000 000.00 is in it.
Regards
Barr. pual michael

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