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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:
  • "i have a new email address!" (this SPAM email was sent to thousands of people)
  • "lagos" (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.
  • mrs_mariamstephen@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
  • f_a_christopher@excite.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "MRS.MARIA STEPHEN" <mrs_mariamstephen@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: mariastephen2@indiatimes.com
Date: Mon, 13 Mar 2006 04:56:39 -0800 (PST)
Subject: YOUR COMPESATION NOTICE!!!


I have a new email address!You can now email me at: mrs_mariamstephen@yahoo.com

My Dear Partner,



GLORIOUS MOMENT FOR YOU MY FRIEND AND PARTNER.



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 through the help of my new partner who is a citizen of Paraguay.

Meanwhile, I did not forget your past efforts and attempts to assist me in transferring those funds despite that it failed us some how. I swear to compesate you in your past effort, thank you my dear.



Now contact my secretary,his contact information is:



Name:Mr. Christopher F. Aku.

Address: 109 Awolowo way, Lagos-Nigeria.

Email:f_a_christopher@excite.com

Tel:234-01-4921649



Ask him to send you the total $450.000.00 (Four Hundred and Fifty 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 get in touched with my secretary and instruct him where to send the amount to you.


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 am very busy here because of the investment projects which me and the new partner are having at hand.



Finally thanks for your past efforts.



With best regards,



Mrs. Maria Stephen.

- MRS.MARIA STEPHEN

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