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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:
  • "million us dollars" (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)
• This email message is a "New Partner from Paraguay" scam.
• 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.
  • +2348035843693 (Nigeria, prepaid mobile phone)
• 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.
  • sec_chumas@myway.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "dan ugo" <danugo02@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: sec_chumas@myway.com
Date: Sat, 04 Feb 2006 00:28:43 +0000
Subject: Compensation

Dear Friend,

I'm happy to inform you about my success in getting the fund transferred to
a Swiss Account with the cooperation of a new partner from Paraguay who is
an international business man.Presently I'm in Paraguay 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.Ben Chumas

Email:sec_chumas@myway.com

Direct Tel: +234-803-5843693

Ask him to send to you the total $1,000.000.00 (One Million 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.Ben Chumas 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 suffer ness 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 had forwarded instruction to my secretary on your
behalf to receive that money, so get in touch with him and he will send the
amount to you without any delay.

Your share of the money with best regards

Senator, Dan Ugo

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