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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.
• 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.
  • sallywale@sify.com
  • nasirurahman@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: rahman nasiru <nasirurahman@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Tue, 18 Jul 2006 10:00:10 +0100 (BST)
Subject: My good friend


My good friend,

I'm happy to inform you about my success in getting
the funds transferred to a Swiss Account with the
cooperation of a new partner from Netherlands who is
an international business man. Presently I'm in
Netherlands for investment projects with my own share
of the total sum. Meanwhile, I did not forget your
past efforts and attempts to assist me in transferring
those funds despite the fact that it failed us some
how.

Now contact my secretary, his contact is:
Name: Mr. Sally Wale.
Email: sallywale@sify.com

Direct: Tel: + 234 805 8576105
Fax No:+ 234 1 3423247


Ask him to send to you the total $1,500, 000.00 (One
Million, Five Hundred Thousand US Dollars) which I
kept for your compensation for all the past efforts
and attempts to assist me in this matter. I
appreciated your efforts at that time very much, so
feel free and get in touch with my secretary Mr.
Mr. Sally Wale. and instruct him where to send the
amount to you which I have already drawn in your
favour.

Please do let me know immediately you receive it so
that we can share the joy after all the sufferings at
that time. In the moment, I am very busy here because
of the investment projects which I and the new partner
are having at hand.

Finally, remember that I have forwarded instruction to
my secretary on your behalf to receive the money, so
get in touch with him and he will send the amount to
you without any delay,

Best regards,



Name: Mr. Nasiru Rahman.
Email: nasirurahman@yahoo.co.uk
Direct: Tel: + 234 8034365754


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