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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:
  • "clearance certificate" (this will cost you money - be careful with upfront payments to anyone you only know through email, especially if they promise you a lot of money. Never ever send money by Western Union or MoneyGram to people you do not know personally. )
  • "cheques " (Beware of any scheme that involves cashing checks or money orders and then wiring a portion of the funds somewhere - you'll be liable for the entire amount if the checks or money orders turn out to be fake, even after you have received and forwarded cash. If it's a lottery prize, remember that real lotteries do not pay large prizes by check. They wire the money directly to your bank account and you do not pay for that. Many scammers promise a large check only in order to then demand payment of courier fees for a fake courier service. )
• 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.
  • +447035946918 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)
• 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.
  • deliveryfedexcourier14777@hotmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: (sent from abused email account)
Reply-To: deliveryfedexcourier14777@hotmail.com
Date: Wed, 19 Nov 2008 20:09:16 +0800
Subject: FedEx Customer



Customer Service. Dear Customer! We have been waiting for you to
contact us for your Confirmable Package that has been registered with
us for delivery to your resident. We believed that your sender gave
you our contact details. It may interest you to know that a letter is
also added to your package. However, we cannot quote it's content to
you via email for Security Reasons. We understand that the content of
your package is a Bank Draft worth $90,000.00 USD. As you know, FedEx
do not ship money in CASH or in CHEQUES but Bank Drafts.The package
has been registered with us for mailing by your colleague,who
explained that he works with a construction firm in the United
States.We are sending you this email because your package is been
registered on a Special Order. What you have to do now, is to contact
our delivery Department for immediate dispatch of your package to your
residential address. Note that as soon as our Delivery Team confirms
your information, it will take only one
working day (24 hours)for your
package to arrive it's destination. For your information, the VAT &
Shipping charges as well as Insurance fees has been paid by your
colleague before your package was registered.Note that the payment
made on the Insurance, Premium & Clearance Certificates, are to
certify that the Bank Draft is not a Drug Affiliated Fund (DAF)
neither is it to sponsor Terrorism in your country. This will help you
avoid any form of query from the Monetary Authority in your country.
However, you will have to pay a sum of £86.50 GBP which is equivalent
to: $171.42 USD to the FedEx Delivery Department being full payment
for the Security Keeping Fee of the FedEx company as stated in our
Terms & Conditions. Also be informed that your colleague wish to pay
for the Security Keeping charges, but we did not accept the payment
considering the facts that all items & package registered with us have
a time limit and we cannot accept payment not knowing when you will be
picking up
the package or responding to us.So we could not take the
risk to have accepted the payment just in case of any demurrage on
your Package. Note that your colleague did not leave us with any
further information/contact.We hope that you respond to us as soon as
possible because if you fail to respond until the expiry date of your
Package, we will refer the package to the British Commission for
Welfare as the package do not have a return address. Kindly contact
the delivery department (FedEx Delivery Post) with the details given
below: Contact Person: Terry Spencer Email:
deliveryfedexcourier14777@hotmail.com Tel: +4470359 46918 Do complete
the form below and send it to the email address:
deliveryfedexcourier14777@hotmail.com This is mandatory to reconfirm
your Postal address and telephone numbers. FULL NAMES: TELEPHONE:
POSTAL ADDRESS: CITY: STATE: COUNTRY: As soon as your details is
received, our delivery team will give you the necessary payment
procedure so that you can effect the
payment for the Security Keeping
Fees easily. As soon as they confirm your payment receipt of £86.50
GBP, they will not hesitate to dispatch your package as well as the
attached letter to your resident. It will take 24 hours/over night to
deliver your Package to you. Due to the High Priority of your package
we had to inform you as your sender did not leave us with his phone
number,as he stated that he just arrived England and hasn't gotten a
phone yet. We Personally sealed your Bank Draft and we found your
email contact in the attached letter as the recipient of the foremost
package. Ensure to contact the delivery department with the email
address given above and fill the above form to enable a successful
reconfirmation. Do not reply this email because this email account is
not monitored. Send your details to:
deliveryfedexcourier14777@hotmail.com Yours Faithfully, Mrs. Margaret
Blaire. FedEx Online Team Management. All rights reserved. ©
1995-2008
FedEx.
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This e-mail is only for the above addressees. It may contain
confidential or privileged information. If you are not an addressee
you must not copy, distribute, disclose or use any of the information
in it or any attachments.
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