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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:
  • "dear friend" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  
• 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.
  • oluchiudoyi@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: DAN BALA <danbala_04@yahoo.com>
Date: Fri, 7 Jul 2006 04:06:20 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: success at last.


Dear Friend,
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 in paraguay who is also an Investor.

Presently I'm in paraguay for investment projects with my own share of the total sum. Meanwhile, I did not forget your past efforts and attempts to assist me in transferring these funds despite the fact that it failed us some how.note that i have decided to compensate you with {Nine hundred and fify thousand dollars} for your effort and the money is in draft/money order and the draft has been issued on your name
Now contact my Secretary, her contact is:

Name: MRS Oluchi udoyi

Email: oluchiudoyi@yahoo.com



Ask her to send you the total $950.000.00 (Nine Hundred and Fifty Thousand US Dollars) which I kept for your compensation for all the past efforts and attempt to assist me in this transaction. I appreciated your efforts at that time very much. So feel free and get in touched with my secretary { MRS Oluchi udoyi} and instruct her where to send the draft to you.

Please do let me know immediately you receive it so that we can share the joy after all the sufferings at that time. In the mean time, I am very busy here because of the Investment Projects which I and the new Partner are having at hand.

Finally, I have instructed my secretary to release this money to you as soon as you contact her, so feel free to get in touch with her and she will send the amount to you without any delay,
I look forward to hear from you.

Best regards
Dr Dan Bala



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