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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:
  • "united state dollar" (this email uses bad English)
  • "courier service" (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.
  • +22997455561 (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.
  • jbamako@yahoo.ie (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: eecs02@live.fr
Date: Tue, 29 Jul 2008 03:28:19 +0000
Subject: CONTACT EFEX EXPRESS COURIER



Goodday

I have been waiting for you since to contact me for your Confirmable
Bank Draft of $955,000.00 United States 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 $955,000.00 USD UNITED STATES DOLLARS to
cash payment to avoid losing this funds under expiration as I will be
out of the country for a 3 Months Course .


What you have to do now is to contact EFEX EXPRESS COURIER SERVICE 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.

What remains is the security keeping fee of the box,which is $95
united state dollars, you are pay it tothe company.You have to contact
EFEX EXPRESS COURIER SERVICE now, for the delivery of your consignment
box,with this information bellow;


1Your Full Name:
2, Your Delivery Address:
3.Your home phone

4,Your Cell Phone Number:
5Your fax

6,Your Age:
7Your Country:
8Your OCUPATION:
9Your Sex:


Director's Name: Mr PAUL MARTINS
Company's Name: EFEX EXPRESS COURIER SERVICE
cell; +229-9745-5561
Email Address: eecs02@live.fr
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 avoid any further
delay Note this. The EFEX EXPRESS COURIER SERVICE don'tknow the
contents of the Box.


SHIPMENT CODE AWB 33XZS
PACKAGE REGISTERED CODE NO XGT442.
SECURITY CODE SCTC/2001DHX/567/
TRANSACTION CODE 233/CSTC/101/33028/
CERTIFICATE DEPOSIT CODE SCTC/BUN/xxiv/-78/01



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


Signed,
Mr John Bamako


NB; MAY BE YOU HAVE QUESTION TO ASK OR ADVISE FROM ME CONTACT ME ON MY
PRIVATE MAIL BOX jbamako@yahoo.ie

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