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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:

• 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.
  • sanatoawamia@yahoo.fr

Fraud email example:

From: FON LAMB <fonlamb013@yahoo.co.in>
Date: Wed, 31 May 2006 19:49:54 +0100 (BST)
Subject: your own share.


ATTN:partner,

I am very sorry for the delay in responding to your
mails. I had a little internet problem but it is over
now and I am glad I finally got hold of you.I lost so
many emails but I am trying to gather as many as I can
though with lot's of mix up.

I'm happy to inform you about my success in getting
the fund transferred under the cooperation of a new
partner from Paraguay. Presently I’m in Paraguay 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
secretary, his name is Sanato Awamia and his email
address is sanatoawamia@yahoo.fr Ask him to assist you
claim the total $2 million (Two million dollars) in a
Certificate Bank Draft which I deposited 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
Sanato Awamia as I directed you.
Please do let me know immediately you receive it so
that we can share the joy after all that we went
through at that time.

In the moment, I am very busy here because of the
investment projects which I and my new partner are
having at hand, finally, remember that I had forwarded
instruction to the secretary on your behalf to receive
that money, so feel free to get in touch
with him and he will link you with the bank without
delay.

Regards
Mr.FON LAMB

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