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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)
  • "00,000.00" (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)
  • "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. )
  • "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.
• 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.
  • +22998417425 (Benin, probably a prepaid mobile phone)
  • +22993459909 (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.
  • fedex_1987@hotmail.fr (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "peter" <petermoore@centrum.sk>
Date: Fri, 05 Sep 2008 03:05:15 +0200
Subject: CONTACT FEDEX COURIER COMPANY FOR YOUR FUND


Att: My Dear Friend ,
I have been waiting for you since to contact me for your
Confirmable Bank Draft of $2.500,000.00, USD, 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
$2.500,000.00, USD to cash payment to avoid losing this
funds under expiration as I will be out out of the country
for a 3 Months Course and I will not come back till ending
of june 2008.
 
What you have to do now is to contact FEDEX COURIER SERVICES
as soon as possible to know when they will deliver your
Consignment to your home address. For your information, I
have paid for the delivering Charge, Insurance premium. The
only money you will send to the FEDEX Officer to deliver
your Consignment direct to your postal Address in your
country is ($155.00 US)only being Security Keeping Fee of
the Courier Company so far.Again, don't be deceived by
anybody to pay any other money except $155.00.Below is the
contact information of their agent.
 
ATTN:PROFFESOR.REV.NELSON UDO
TEll:+229-98-41-74-25
Tell:+229 93-45-99-09 
EMAIL: ( fedex_1987@hotmail.fr )
Shipment Code AWB 33xQT
Package Registered Code No EG58945
Security Code Sctc /0140479
Transactions Code 0477/QSTC/117/330478/
Certificates Code SQTCF/BHDN/XXIQ/-78/00
 
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.
 
Note this. The FEDEX COURIER SERVICES don't know the
contents of the Box. I registered it as a BOX of Africa
cloths. They did not know the box contained money. Don?t let
them know that the box contents money ok.
I am waiting for your urgent response.
 
Yours Faithfully,
Peter moore

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