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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:
  • "abidjan" (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.
  • charso_linda@yahoo.co.uk

Fraud email example:

From: commission pay <commission_pay2006@yahoo.com>
Date: Fri, 2 Jun 2006 12:02:26 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: Dear Shirley Lewis


Dear Shirley Lewis

I'm happy to inform you about my success in getting
those funds 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. mean while,i didn't forget your past efforts and
attempts to assist me in transferring those funds
despite that it failed us some how and i am so sory
for what happened .

Now contact the secretary of my lawyer in Abidjan her
name is Mrs charso linda and her email address is
charso_linda@yahoo.co.uk

ask her to send you the total sum of $500.000.00 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 the secretary linda
and instruct her 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 secretary on your
behalf to receive that money, so feel free to get in
touch with charso linda, she will send the amount to
you without any delay.

Regards,

Mr Williams Konan.




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