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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:

• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "courier company" (Courier companies mentioned in 419 scams are always fake. They will have you send money to them, but won't deliver anything. )
  • "remain blessed" (scammers in West Africa like to use religious phrases)
• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  
• 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.
  • g.lobal@hotmail.fr

Fraud email example:

From: (sent from abused email account)
Date: Sat, 08 Nov 2008 13:58:44 +0100
Subject: GLOBAL SPEED COURIER COMPANY BENIN REPUBLIC


Attn/ My Good Friend,

I cashed the check due to expiry and deposited it as a consignment box wi=
th GLOBAL SPEED COURIER COMPANY BENIN REPUBLIC i travelled to saudi arabi=
a on investment project with my own share so Contact the Director his nam=
e is ( DR IJE NNA )TEL:+229 -982-640-92 OR Email: (g.lobal@hotmail.fr)sen=
d to them below informations.


Take note that the delivery fee have been paid the only money you will se=
nd to them is the security keeping fee which is $145 Usd i would have pai=
d it but they said no that they dont know how long it will take you to co=
ntact them. So please for them not to add dumourage try and contact them =
as soon as you recieve this email and make sure that the subject of your =
email to them must be this code ( EG58945 ) because with this they will i=
dentify you as the owner of this consignment box that contained your 1.5 =
million usd which they dont know is the content.
=C2=A0
1.YOUR FULL NAME:=3D=3D

2.YOUR COUNTRY:=3D=3D

3.YOUR HOME ADDRESS:=3D=3D=3D

=C2=A04.YOUR CURRENT HOME TELEPHONE NUMBER:=3D

.Your CURRENT OFFICE TELEPHONE:=3D=3D

7.COMPANY REGISTRATION NO EG78640 Note The GLOBAL SPEED COURIER COMPANY L=
IMITED don't know the
=C2=A0
contents of the Box.I registered it as a Box of an Africa cloths They don=
't know it contains money this is to avoid them delaying with the Box. Th=
anks and Remain Blessed. Mr.Alex Osita

=C2=A0

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