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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:
  • "cheque " (Beware of any scheme that involves cashing checks or money orders and then wiring a portion of the funds somewhere - you'll be liable for the entire amount if the checks or money orders turn out to be fake, even after you have received and forwarded cash)
• 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.
  • gabriel_nnamdi@myway.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "zak ilo" <zakilo06@hotmail.com>
Date: Thu, 27 Jul 2006 02:15:39 +0100
Subject: CONTACT HIM NOW VERY URGENT TODAY

My dear freind,

It's been long I heard from you. Well, I just want touse this medium to
thank you very much for your earlier assistance tohelp me in receiving the
funds, without any positive outcome.

I am obliged to inform you that I have succeeded inreceiving the funds with
the help of a new partner from Paraguay. Everythingwas perfectly done
because we strike a deal with one of the Ladyaccountant who works with the
Federal Ministry of Finance (FMF) and she rendered atremendous help to us.

My new partner initiated this idea and everythingworked out successfully.
In appreciation of your earlier assistance to me inreceiving the Funds, I
have decided tocompensate you with the sum of$850,000 in a Cashier's cheque
(Eight Hundred and Fifty Thousand United StatesDollars). This is from my own
share. I did this simply to show you thatit is good to do good things to the
right people always.

Presently, I am in Paraguay for investment projectwith my own share under
the advice of my partner. Meanwhile, I didn't forgetyour past efforts and
attempts to assist me in transferring those fundsdespite that it failed us
somehow. I will be sending you e-mail from time totime to know if you have
received your share or not.

Now contact my personal assistant in benin Mr.gabriel On my former telephone
line and do send him your contact addresswhere you want the cheque to be
sent to you. The phone numbers, which youwill reach my personal assistant
once again, is
His e-mail address: gabriel_nnamdi@myway.com
Please do let me know immediately you receive it sothat we can share the joy
together after all the suffering at that time. In
the moment, I am very busy here in Paraguay because of the investment
projects, which the new partner and I are having at hand. So feel free to
getin touch with young
Mark to send the cheque to you without any delay.

With My Best

DR ZAK ILO
CONTACT HIM NOW VERY URGENT TODAY

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