419 scam: "MRS. TRACY VAN DIRK."<tracyv_d@orange.fr> URGENT: DHL COURIER COMPANY IS WAITING FOR YOU.

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"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam

The so-called "419" scam is a type of fraud dominated by criminals from Nigeria and other countries in Africa. Victims of the scam are promised a large amount of money, such as a lottery prize, inheritance, money sitting in some bank account, etc.

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.

Keep in mind that scammers DO NOT use their real names when defrauding people.
The criminals either abuse names of real people or companies or invent names or addresses.
Any real people or companies mentioned below have NO CONNECTION to the scammers!

Read more about such scams here or in our 419 FAQ. Use the Scam-O-Matic to verify suspect emails.

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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.
This email uses a separate reply address that is different from the sender address. Spammers use this to get replies even when the original spam sending accounts have been shut down. Also, sometimes the sender addresses are legitimate looking but fake and only the reply address is actually an email account controlled by the scammers.
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "security keeping fee" (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 send money by Western Union or MoneyGram to people you do not know personally - NO EXCEPTIONS! Instant wire transfer services are not meant to be used with strangers because they offer no protection against fraud. That is precisely why the criminals want you send money that way. )
- "consignment " (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. )
This email message is a "New Partner from Paraguay" scam.
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.
- mayor_jack@ig.com.br (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "MRS. TRACY VAN DIRK." (may be fake)
Reply-To: <mayor_jack@ig.com.br>
Date: Fri, 3 Jun 2011 05:34:17 +0700
Subject: URGENT: DHL COURIER COMPANY IS WAITING FOR YOU.

Good day to you.

I have been waiting for you since to contact me for your Confirmable

Bank Draft of $850,000United States Dollars,but I did not hear from

you since for a couple of weeks now.



Then I went to the bank to confirm if the draft has

expired or getting near to the date of expire 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 USD UNITED STATES DOLLARS 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 ending of AUG UST 2011.



What you have to do now is to contact DHL COURIER COMPANY

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 Delivery Charge,Insurance

premium.The only money you will send to the DHL COURIER COMPANY to

deliver your Consignment direct to your postal Address in your

country is $100 USD (One Hundred United States Dollars) only being

Security Keeping Fee of the Courier Company so far.

You

have to contact DHL COURIER COMPANY now,for the delivery of your

Draft with this information below.

1.Your Full Name:

2.Your Delivery Address:

3.Your Cell Phone Number:

Company's Name:DHL COURIER COMPANY

Directors Name: MR.MAYOWA JACKSON

Email Address: mayor_jack@ig.com.br

Finally,make sure that you re-confirm your Delivery address and Direct telephone

number to them again to avoid any mistake on the Delivery and ask

them to give you the tracking number, after you have sent the

Security Keeping Fee to them,to enable you track your package over

there and know when it will get to your door step so that you can

sign on it.

Let me repeat again,contact them as soon as you receive this mail

and ask them how you will make the security fee of $100USD to them

to avoid any further delay any remember to pay them their Security

Keeping fee of $100USD for their immediate action.

NOTE:The DHL COURIER COMPANY don't know the

content of the Box. I registered it as a BOX of Africa cloths.They

dont know the contents is money this is to avoid them delaying with

the BOX. Don't let them know that your box content is money okay.



Mrs.Tracy Van Dirk

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