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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:
  • "dear friend" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "central bank of nigeria" (the name of a person or institution often appearing 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.
  • mbolamine@yahoo.co.uk

Fraud email example:

From: chimapets peters <chimapets10@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: bensonpeters@myway.com
Date: Wed, 28 Jun 2006 07:41:21 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: REWARD


FROM: DR JOHN MARTINS (RTD)
FORMER STAFF,
CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA
ATTN: DEAR FRIEND,

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 South Korea for an 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 somehow.
Now contact my secretary in Nigeria with the Following
information:-

NAME ... MRS GRACE EGOBIA
E-MAIL: mbolamine@yahoo.co.uk

Ask her to send you the total $1,800.000 US dollars which I kept for your compensation for all your past efforts and attempt to assist me in this matter. I appreciated your efforts at that time very much, so feel free and get in touched with my secretary GRACE EGOBIA 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 suffer ness at that time, at the moment, I’m very busy here because of the Investment projects which I and the new partner are having at hand, finally, remember that I had left Instruction to the secretary on your behalf to receive that money, so feel free to get in touch with my secretary to send the amount to you without
Any delay.

Finally, don't be confused because of the name; I will get back to you with clear information for you to know
me better.

With best regards,

FROM: DR JOHN MARTINS

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