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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:
  • "the consignment" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
  • "million united states dollars" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
  • "i will advice you " (this email uses bad English)
  • "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.
  • +22993877234 (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.
  • fedexcouriercompanybenin03@yahoo.fr (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "john harry" <johnharry1@hosanna.net>
Date: Mon, 25 Aug 2008 14:35:30 +0100
Subject: CONTACT FEDEX COURIER COMPANY BENIN REPUBLIC


*
ATTENTION!!!

I have been waiting for you to come down here and pick your $4.500 000.00
USD
but I did not heard from you. Then I went and deposited the $4..500 000.00
Million USA Dollars, as a consignment boxes to FEDEX COURIER COMPANY BENIN
BRANCH. in Benin Republic, because I travelled to SAUDI ARABIA and i will
not
come back till next month end. I want you to contact the FEDEX COURIER
COMPANY
BENIN BRANCH. to know when they will deliver your consignment boxes to you.
Please i want to let you know that only the director knows the content and
no
body else knows about this only Dr okeay eze Uba the director So please
waist
no time in contacting them with the below information. I have paid for the
delivery fee so the only money you have to send to them now is the security
keeping fee of your consignment.. Please i will advice you to be friendly
with
Dr okeay eze Uba the director because he alone has the idea of the content
of
your consignment. But i want to let
you know that i did not give him the key of the boxes so please take note
that
as soon as they deliver the consignment use this.

( CODE NUMBERS TO OPEN THE THREE BOXES TO KNOW IF THE COMPLETE OF
$4.5MILLION
USD IS IN IT ). THE FIRST BOX CODE ( 0036589 )THE SECOND BOX CODE ( 0014759
)THE
THIRD BOX CODE ( 4475855 ) AND I WANT YOU TO KEEP THIS CODE NUMBERS
CONFIDENTIAL
IN YOUR HOME TO AVOID ANOTHER PERSON GETTING INTHOURCH WITH YOUR MONEY MAY
GOD
BLESS YOU AND YOUR FAMILY.

CONTACT PERSON/.DR OKEAY EZE UBA
DIRECTOR CONTACT FEDEX COURIER COMPANY BENIN BRANCH.
E-mail (**fedexcouriercompanybenin03@yahoo.fr*<fedexcouriercompanybenin03@yahoo.fr>
*)
Website/www.fedex.com

CONTACT PHONE+229-93877234.Try to contact them as soon as possible to avoid
increasing the security keeping fee I gave them your delivering address but
you
have to reconfirm it to them again to avoid them making mistake in
delivering
your consignment to your home reconfirm below information to the company
immediately and tell them to send to you the airway bill receipt as soon as
you
send them the security fee. I would have paid the security fee for you but
they
said no because they don't know when you will contact them so please they
are
waiting for you to contact them with your information to avoid mistake in
delivery. and let them know also that they should waist no time in sending
to
you the tracking number of your consignment so that you can be able to track
it
and know when it will arrive your country.

Your Full Name-----------------------
You're Address---------------------------
Home telephone---------------------
Office telephone---------------------
Your pic----------------------------------

Let me know as soon as you receive your consignment, and check the contents
weather the complete of the total $4.500 000.00 million united states
dollars
is in it. Please always call them to know the condition of this three boxes
because you know the content so please let it be very important to you So
try
and do everything possible to make sure that this three boxes gets to your
home
with out any delay.

Regards

Mr. JOHN HARRY*

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