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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)
  • "inheritance funds" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "united state dollar" (this email uses bad English)
  • "barrister" (Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.)
  • "remain blessed" (scammers in West Africa like to use religious phrases)
• This email message is a next of kin scam.
• Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.
• 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.
  • +2348074031115 (Nigeria, 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.
  • fedex-shipping-dpt@hotmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Barrister Jude <b.jude01@yahoo.com.hk> (may be fake)
Date: Sun, 3 Aug 2008 22:28:14 +0800
Subject: I HAVE JUST DEPOSITED THE FUNDS


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Dear Friend,
Good day,
I just want to inform you that I have deposited your ATM MASTER CARD of USD
800,000,00 United state dollars to the Fedex Delivery Services here in West
Africa, due to I have waited enough to hear from you so that your funds will
be transferred through CENTRAL BANK OF AFRICA (BOA) here, but because of the
late response I now decide to deposit the ATM MASTER CARD with the fedex
delivery services with your previous information as you listed it that time.
I have paid to them their delivery charges and insurance coverage fee,the
only fee to be paid again is their security safe keeping fee of 180 dollars
only.I would have paid that but they said no because they don't know when
you will contact them and in case of dumurrage. I will be traveling to IRAQ
to see my boss and I will not come back till next month, Therefore I will
advise you to contact the fedex shipment officer with his contact
information as listed below for the avoidance of increase of their security
safe keeping fee. Note that I packaged the ATM MASTER CARD inside a magazine
where nobody will notice the content, I also told the shipment officer Mr.
Mark David, that it is an ordinary African magazine I want to deliver to my
friend abroad to avoid further delay unless you delay to send their security
safe keeping fee. Below is the shipment officer contact information
including his email address with the parcel reference number, note that
without you indicating your parcel number as listed below the fedex delivery
services will not listen to you they will be imagining if you want to steal
another persons parcel.
Please call or Email:
Mr. Mark David. Shipment Officer Of Fedex delivery services Nigeria.

E-mail: fedex-shipping-dpt@hotmail.com
Tel: +234 8074031115

Shipment Code: CPEL/OWN/9876
Parcel Number: EG2272
Also below is the information they need to deliver the ATM MASTER CARD in
form of African Magazine to your address, this is to avoid wrong delivery as
i already gave them your delivery address but you have to re-confirm it to
them ok.
Full name. . . . . . ..
Home address. . . . . .
Country. . . . . . . ..
Telephone. . . . . . . .
Please make sure the information is complete as they promised that once they
receive their security safe keeping fee within 2 to 3 working days the
magazine will arrived your door step according to the shipment officer. Once
again, the Fedex delivery services do not know the content of the parcel, I
registered it as an African magazine they don't know it contains ATM MASTER
CARD inside, this is to avoid them delaying the delivery and besides I don't
want you to lose your inheritance funds. Your ATM MASTER CARD withdrawing
access pin code number is (0114) take note, once you receive the card you
take it to any cash point around your area and sllotten it and enter the pin
code for withdrawal, the amount you are to withdrew per day is USD
20,000.00. (Twenty thousand United State dollars) each day. Also ask them on
how you are to make the payment for the security fee to them so they can
effect immediate delivery on your parcel.
Remain blessed and enjoy your funds.
Thanks.
Barrister Jude



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