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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)
  • "remain blessed" (scammers in West Africa like to use religious phrases)
• 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.
  • +22993913071 (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.
  • unitedpostalservice@hotmail.fr (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: (sent from abused email account)
Date: Tue, 4 Nov 2008 10:29:01 +0100
Subject: CONTACT UPS EXPRESS COURIER SERVICE


*Dear friend,*

*How are you today ?.I have been waiting to hear from you, I'm writing to
inform you that I have Paid the fee for your Draft Check. And I went to the
bank to confirm if the Check has expired or getting near to expire and
Mr.wifo silas the Director of B.O.A (**www.boad.org* <http://www.boad.org/>*)
told me that before the check will get to your hand that it will expire. *

*So I told him to cash the Nine Hundred and Fifty Thousand United States
Dollars $950,000.00, to cash payment to avoid losing this funds under
expiration as I will be out of the country for a 3 Months Course and I will
not come back till end of dDcember 2008. What you have to do now is to
contact the United Postal Service (UPS) as soon as possible to know when
they will deliver your package to you. for your information, I have paid for
the isurance premium and delivering Charge.*

*The only money you will send to the United Postal Service (UPS) to deliver
your Package direct to your postal Address in your country is US$105 One
Hundred & Five United States Dollars only being Security Keeping Fee for the
(UPS) so far.Again, don't be deceived by anybody to pay any other money
except US$105 I would have paid that but they said no because they don't
know when you will contact them and in case of dumourrage on your
consignment.*

*Please write a letter of application to the given address below:*

*Company Name: United Postal Service (UPS)
Director: Dr.Obi Ginters
Contact Email: (**unitedpostalservice@hotmail.fr*<unitedpostalservice@hotmail.fr>
*)
Contact Tel: +229-93913071
Contact Fax: +229-9688-515*

*Finally, make sure that you reconfirm your Postal address,nearest local and
international airport, Direct telephone number to them again to avoid any
mistake on the Delivery.they will issue you a tracking number to enable you
track your consignment box 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 US$105 for their immediate action.*

*Note this. The United Postal Service (UPS) don't know the contents of the
Box. I registered it as a BOX of box. Africa cloths. They did not know the
contents was money.this is to avoid them delaying with your Package Don't
let them know that box contains money ok.*

*Thanks and Remain Blessed.*

*Yours Truely,
Mr George Eddey*

**

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