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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:

• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "cotonou" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
• 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.
  • thierynsilulu01@myway.com

Fraud email example:

From: "MR HENRI LAKONJI" <mrlakonji@marsool.com>
Date: Mon, 02 Oct 2006 14:31:21 +0300
Subject: READ AND FOLLOW UP



My Dear,

I used this medium to inform you about my success in getting those funds
transferred under the cooperation of a new partner from Uruguay South
America.Presently iam in Montevideo Uruguay for investment projects with my own
share of the total sum. meanwhile,i didn't forget your past efforts and attempts
to assist me in transferring those funds despite that it failed us some how.

Now contact my account officer in Cotonou benin Republic his name is Mr thiery
nsilulu on ( thierynsilulu01@myway.com ) ask him to send you the total of
$250,000.00 <Two hundred and Fifty Thousand United State 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 touched with my account officer Mr.nsilulu and instruct him where to send
the amount to you.

Please do let me know immediately you receive it so that we can share the joy
after all the sufferness at that time. in the moment, I’m very busy here because
of the investment projects which me and the new partner are having at hand,
finally, remember that I had forwarded instruction to the account officer on
your behalf to receive that money, so feel free to get in touch with Mr.nsilulu,
he will send the amount to you without any delay.
Regards,
Mr Henri Lakonji.




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