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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:
  • "waiting for your urgent response" (scammers rush victims so they don't have time to think properly)
  • "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.
  • +22993202366 (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.
  • info_fedexcourierservice@ubbi.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: BongoHamilton <hamiltonbongo@yp.com.hk>
Reply-To: info_fedexcourierservice@ubbi.com
Date: Tue, 29 Jul 2008 11:12:15 +0000
Subject: FEDEX EXPRESS IS READY TO DELIVER YOUR CONSIGNMENT.


Goodday!

I have been waiting for you since to contact me for your Confirmable
Bank Draft, 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 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 draft to cash payment to avoid losing this
funds under expiration as I will be out of the country for a 3 Months
Course and I will not come back till ending of OCTOBER 2008.

What you have to do now is to contact FEDEX EXPRESS COURIER SERVICES
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, Insurance premium.

You have to contact FEDEX EXPRESS COURIER SERVICES now for the
delivery with this information below;

Directors Name: Mr. Lolo Briggs
CompanysName: Fedex COURIER SERVICES
Email Address:(info_fedexcourierservice@ubbi.com)
Tel: +229 93 20 23 66

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
address. Let me repeat again, try to contact them as soon as you
receive this mail to avoid any further delay and again remember that i
have payed for the delivery and insurance premium.

Note this. The FEDEX EXPRESS COURIER SERVICES don't know the contents
of the Box. 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. DonÂ’t let them know that box contents money
ok.

I am waiting for your urgent response.

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

Thanks and God bless you and your family.

Mr. Hamilton Bongo

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