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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.

Read more about such scams here or in our 419 FAQ. Use the Scam-O-Matic to verify suspect emails.

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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:
  • "dear friend" (a common phrase found 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.
  • jcgarang@katamail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "George Williams" <mrwiams@yahoo.com> (may be fake)
Date: Thu, 6 Jul 2006 07:52:40 +0100
Subject: GOOD NEWS

Dear Friend,

I'm happy to inform you about my success in getting those funds
transferred under the cooperation of a new partner from Trinidad and
Tobago. Presently I'm in Trinidad and Tobago 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 in Ghana,his name is Jacob Garang on
e-mail:-jcgarang@katamail.com. Ask him to send you the total of
$850.000.00 which I kept for your compensation for all the past efforts
and attempts to assist me in this matter in the past. I appreciated your
efforts at that time very much.So feel free and get in touch with my
secretary 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 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. Remember that I had forwarded instruction
to the secretary on your behalf to receive that money, so feel free to
get in touch with Mr. Jacob Garang, he will send the amount to you
without any delay.

Best regards,
George Williams.

Anti-fraud resources:

• What can you do when you receive 419 spam