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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:
  • "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 "New Partner from Paraguay" scam.

Fraud email example:

From: "ANDERSON WILLIAMS" <andersonwilliams018@ig.com.br>
Date: Sat, 2 Aug 2008 14:24:08 +0100
Subject: Contact the Courier Company Immediately for your Package


* *

*My friend,what happened?*

*I have been waiting for you since to contact me for your Confirmable Bank
Draft of $950.000.00 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 expire and Dr.Wilson the Director
EcoBank told me that before the draft will get to your hand that it will
expire. So I told him to cash the $950.000.00 UNITED STATES DOLLARS to cash
payment to avoid losing this funds under expiration as I will be out of the
country tomorrow for a 3 Months Course and I will not come back till ending
of January 2009. *

*All the delivery arrangement of the $950.000.00 USD in cash has been made
with FedEX DEPARTMENT AGENCE BENIN and you have to send your information to
DIRECTOR JIMI AKAN to enable him instruct for the transaction as you can
understand that government of the country will seize the fund if I transfer
it direct to your account. *

*Contact them with the below information and they will instruct you on how
you will receive the box,docomply with them and let me know when you receive
your box. *

*Here is the company information contact them immediately,
Name: Mr.Jimi Akan
Email: **fedex.epresscouriercompan@live.fr*<fedex.epresscouriercompan@live.fr>

*1. YOUR FULL NAME
2.YOUR HOME ADDRESS.
3. YOUR CURRENT HOME TELEPHONE NUMBER
4. MOBILE PHONE NUMBER
5.A COPY OF YOUR PICTURE
6.YOUR OCCUPATION
7.YOUR AGE *


*The above information is only what they need to deliver the box to you.I
have paid for the delivering Charge,Insurance premium.Please note that your
consignment cash money was register with FedEX Benin Republic as African
Cloth which you order for samples,do not reviews the true content to the
courier company to avoid diversion of your consignment box.I told Mr.Akan
that you want to share the cloths to all your customers in your city.*

*Call Dr.Marthins Dave(EcoBank Accountant Officer)for the key of the
container because he advice me not send the key with FedEx Company for
security reasons.Incase you need it the before you receive the fund,contact
him because I plead him to mail it to you. *

*Best Regards
Dr.Anderso willams
*

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