419 scam: David <johndavid76@rocketmail.com> Pay Urgent Attention Please:

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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:

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. )
- "00,000.00" (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 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.
- global_basic_courier4747@yahoo.fr (Yahoo, France; can be used from anywhere worldwide)

Fraud email example:

From: David <johndavid76@rocketmail.com>
Reply-To: tonyaku04@sify.com
Date: Wed, 22 Feb 2012 05:45:47 -0800 (PST)
Subject: Pay Urgent Attention Please:

Pay Urgent Attention Please:

This is to bring to your notice that your Funds have been loaded into
an ATM Card and registered with Express Post Courier Company for
onward shipment to your address. The decision to load your Funds into
an ATM Card was born out of the fact that your Bank Draft valued
US$1,200,000.00 is nearing expiration, so i decided to apply for your
funds to be laoded into an ATM Card to avoid you loosing the funds to
government as an unclaimed funds. The Registration and Delivery Charge
of the parcel to your address has been paid by our institution. The
Institution decided to pay the Registration and shipment fees for all
beneficiaries inorder to avoid further delay in claiming their
respective ATM Cards.

Now i want you to contact Golabl Basic Courier Company with your Full
Contact informations and Direct Telephone number, so that they can
deliver your ATM Card to your address without any delay. Like i stated
earlier, the delivery charges has been paid but we did not pay their
official security keeping fees since they refused to accept because,
they do not know when you are going to contact them for the shipment.
So have in mind that the dumurrage will be increasing if you delay to
contact them. They told me that their Security keeping fees is US$45
per day and the parcel was registered Yesterday. Below is their
Contact Informations:

Contact Person: Williams Kewata
Director Foreign Operations
Email: ( global_basic_courier4747@yahoo.fr )

Contact them Today to avoid accumulation of more security keeping fees
and let me know once you receive your Card. Most importantly, make
sure that you reconfirm your Current address and Direct telephone
number to them to avoid any mistake on the Delivery. Also ask them to
give you the tracking number to enable you track your package over
there and know when it will get to your address. Let me repeat, try to
contact them as soon as you receive this mail to avoid any further
delay that will lead to further accumulation of more charges.

Thanks and have a nice day.

Yours Faithfully,

Mr. John David

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