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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)
  • "huge amount of money" (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)
  • "courier company" (Courier companies mentioned in 419 scams are always fake. They will have you send money to them, but won't deliver anything. )
  • "cotonou" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
• 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.
  • +22995934977 (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.
  • pastorchriss@hotmail.fr (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: (sent from abused email account)
Date: Thu, 13 Nov 2008 21:38:05 +0000
Subject: GET IN TOUCH WITH BOND COURIER AND SECURITY COMPANY




(Church of Latter Day Saints) 06 BP 1409 Akpakpa Domey Cotonou,Benin Republic. Dear Friend, Greetings to you & your Family.I have been waiting for you since to contactme for your Confirmable Bank Draft of ($1.2m) United States Dollars, but I havenot heard from you since then,so I went and deposited the Draft with BondCourier And Security Company ,Cotonou,Benin Republic before I travelled out ofthe country for a short Course and I will spend three months overseas.What youhave to do now, is to contact Bond Courier And Security Company as soon aspossible to know when they will deliver your package to you because of theexpiring date.For your information,I have paid for the delivery Charges.The onlymoney you will send to Bond Courier And Security Company to deliver your Draftdirect to your home Address in your country is ($98) only,being their SecurityKeeping Fee of the Courier Company.Again, Do not be deceived by anybody to payany other money except $98.00,I would have paid that but they said no becausethey did not know when you would contact them and in case of demurrage.You haveto contact the Bond Courier And Security Company now for the delivery of yourDraft with this information bellow. Bond Courier And Security Company E-mail: ( bond.courier1@live.fr) Phone: 00229-9593-4977. Registration Reference No; wwdsc/xxx/100 Code Number:xxxdcsc/6545 Finally, make sure that you reconfirm your home address and Direct telephonenumber to them again to avoid any mistake on the Delivery and Let me repeatagain,try to contact them as soon as you receive this mail to avoid any furtherdelay and remember to pay them their Security Keeping fee of $98 for theirimmediate action.You should also Let me know through this my email (pastorchriss@hotmail.fr) as soon as you receive your Draft. Note.Bond Courier And Security Company do not know the contents of the parcel.Iregistered it as my photograph (pix) being sent to a friend overseas. They donot know that it contains a bank draft of such a huge amount of money.This is toavoid them tempering with the package. Do not let them know the contents I amwaiting to hear the good news from you. Regards, Pastor Chris Boom

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