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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:
  • "dear friend" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "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.
  • +22997348224 (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.
  • apexcourierofficeinfo@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "moses khomi" <moseskhomi01@pravda.ru>
Date: Thu, 17 Jul 2008 11:54:56 +0200
Subject: CONTACT APEX EXPRESS COURIER COMPANY FOR THE DELIVERY OF YOUR CONSIGNMENT


Dear Friend.
I have deposited your Confirmable Bank Draft of $950,000 United States
Dollars as a consignment with APEX EXPRESS COURIER COMPANY .This was after
I went to the issuring bank of your draft to confirm the validity priod of
the draft and Dr.Adams Lukas the Director of Africa development bank confirm
to me the draft may expire before will get to your address.
Therefore i sheduled with him to cash the $950,000.00 USD UNITED STATES
DOLLARS to cash payment to avoid you losing this funds, for i shall be out
of country for some couple of Months on a special project which i sheduled
with my late boss before his death.
The bank director suggested that the money which is now in cash should be
package in consignment box and deposited with bank official security
company for save keeping as well as sagely delivery to your address and
I agreed with him.

Now the your consignment box contains $950,000 .00 USD UNITED STATES
DOLLARS is with APEX EXPRESS COURIER COMPANY .

You are to contact APEX EXPRESS COURIER COMPANY as soon as possible to know
shedule with them on how to deliver deliver your Consignment to your address
, I have paid for the shippment Charge and the Insurance premium.
The only fee that they may demand from you is thier security keeping fee .
which is normaly ($120.00 US) United States Dollars.
The company refused me paying this fee, base on the fact that they dont know
exatcly when you will contact them, this in case of demurrage as they stated
it clearly to me that the security keeping fee increase weekly, therefore
you don't need to delay to avoid any increase to thier original keeping fee.

Bellow are the contact information of the APEX EXPRESS COURIER COMPANY ;
Directors Name: Dr. MAXWELL IWUNOR
Companys Name: APEX EXPRESS COURIER COMPANY .
Email Address: (apexcourierofficeinfo@gmail.com )
Telephone number; +229 97348224
Your are to re-confirm your Postal address and Direct telephone number to
them again to avoid misplacement of your package.
The company will foward to you the tracking information of you package as
soon as they lifte, this for you to be able to monitor the arrival of your
consignment to home adress.

they will be on thier immediate action upon thier receival Keeping fee of
$120.00 US Dollars .

Note this. The APEX EXPRESS COURIER COMPANY . don't know the contents of the
Box. I registered it as a BOX graudation material that i want send to you.
therefore dont disclose the content with them.
I awaits for your urgent response as soon as contact them .
Yours Faithfully,
Mr.Moses Khomi.

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