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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.
• 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.
  • tomokoye@skim.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "johnson" <barrjohnsonchukwueme@excite.com>
Reply-To: tomokoye@skim.com
Date: Wed, 9 Aug 2006 08:01:46 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: MY DEAREST ONE CONTACT MY SECRETARY FOR YOUR COMPENSATION.


My Dear.I'm happy to inform you about my success in getting those funds transferredunder the com-opersation of a new partner from MadridSpain.recently I'm in Madrid Spain for investment projects with my ownshare of the total sum. mean while,i didn't forget your past efforts andattempts to assist me in transferring those funds deposited that it failedus some how.But kindly contact my Secretary.Now contact my secretary,hisname is Mr TOM OKOYE.Email(tomokoye@skim.com) ask him to sen! d youthe totalsum of$950.000.00which i kept for your compensation for all the past efforts and attemptsto assist me in this matter. I appreciated your efforts atthattimevery much.so feel free and get in touched with my secretary Mr,TOM OKOYE and instructed him where to send the amount to you.Please do letme know immediately you received it so that we both can hare the joy afterall the sufferness at that time.in the moment, i m very busy here because of the investment projectswhich i and the new
partner are having at hand, finally, remember thatI had forwarded instruction to the secretary on your behalf to receivedthat money, so feel free to get in touch with Mr,TOM OKOYEhe will send the amount. to you without any delay.God bless you,best regardsBarr,JOHNSON CHUKWUEMEK

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