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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:

• This email message is a "New Partner from Paraguay" scam.
• This email lists mobile phone numbers. Use of such numbers is typical for scams because they allow criminals to conceal their true location. They can receive calls in an Internet cafe from where they send you emails, while pretending to be in some office.
  • +22505278114 (Cote d'Ivoire, probably a prepaid mobile phone)
• 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.
  • info_abuchambers@yahoo.fr

Fraud email example:

From: Mossman A <mssmn_a@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Sun, 20 Aug 2006 21:04:14 +0100 (BST)
Subject: From Mossman hello!! It has been some time now you know?


Greetings to you and your Family.

I'm happy to inform you about my success in getting the funds transferred under the cooperation of a new partner from India. Presently I’m in india 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 I advice you to contact my solicitor in Cote d’ Ivoire, his name is Mr. Abu
Mohamed. Esq. on,

Email: info_abuchambers@yahoo.fr
Phone Number: +225 05278114

Ask him to send you the draft of $100,000.00 USD which I kept for your compensation for all the past efforts and attempts to assist me in this matter. I appreciated your efforts at that time very much. So feel free and get in touch with my solicitor Mr. Abu Mohamed. Esq. and instruct him where to send the Bank draft to you.

Please do let me know immediately you receive it so that we can share the joy after all the suffering at that time. In 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 have forwarded instruction to my solicitor on your behalf to receive that money, so feel free to get in touch with Mr. Abu Mohamed. Esq. He will send the draft containing $100,000.000 USD to you without any delay.

Yours Sincerely,

Mossman.



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