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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. )
  • "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.
  • +22998572215 (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.
  • courierservicesf@yahoo.fr (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "hhhhhhhhhhh" <mr_chibunna@centrum.sk>
Date: Tue, 09 Sep 2008 23:59:24 +0200
Subject: I HAVE REGISTERED YOUR CONSIGNMENT WITH FEDEX.


Hello My Friend,
 
I have been waiting for you since to contact me for your Confirmed Bank Draft
of ($850,000) Eight hundred and fifty thousand U.S Dollars, but I did not hear
from you since for a while, Then I went to the bank to confirm if the draft has
expired or getting near to expiring date 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 $850,000 U.S DOLLARS to cash payment to avoid losing
this funds under expiration, As I will be out out of the country for a( 3)
three Months Course and I will not come back till the  ending of december 2008.
 
What you have to do now is to contact (courierservicesf@yahoo.fr ) 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.
The only money you will send
 to the FEDEX COURIER SERVICES to deliver your Consignment direct to your
postal Address in your country is ($150.00 US) One Hundred &amp; Five United
States Dollars only being Security Keeping Fee of the Courier Company so
far.Again, don't be deceived by anybody to pay any other money except
$150.00 US Dollars. I would have paid that but they said no because they
don't know when you will contact them and in case of demurrage.
You have to contact courierservicesf@yahoo.fr  now for the delivery of your
Draft with this information bellow;
Directors Name: Dr.Aminu Yusuf
TEL 00229-98572215
Companys Name:FEDEX COURIER SERVICES 
 
Email Address: (courierservicesf@yahoo.fr )
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 remember to pay
them their Security Keeping fee of $150.00 US Dollars for their immediate
action.
Note this. The courierservicesf@yahoo.fr don't know the contents of the
Box. I registered it as a BOX of Africa cloths. They did not know that the
contents was money. this is to avoid them delaying with the BOX. Don’t let
them know that the box contents is money ok.
 
I am waiting for your urgent response.
Yours Faithfully,
 mr john peter,

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