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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:

• 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.
  • mrsmonica_x11@yahoo.com

Fraud email example:

From: don kennedy <donkennedy200_2@yahoo.com>
Date: Mon, 21 Aug 2006 03:27:48 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: Mr.Don Kennedy


Dear Friend,

I'm happy to inform you about my success in getting those funds transferred
under the cooperation of a new partner from Colombia. Presently I'm in
Colombia 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,her name is Mrs Monica Yemi.

Email- Address: mrsmonica_x11@yahoo.com

Ask her to send you the total US$300,000.00 (US$300,000.00)which I kept for your
compensation for all the past efforts and attempts to assist me in this matter.
I appreciated your collective efforts at that time so feel free and get in
touch with my secretary Monica, and instruct her 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. ln the moment, I am very busy here in
Colombia because of the investment projects which myself and the new partner are
having at hand without confrontations, finally, remember that I had forwarded
instruction to the secretary on your behalf to receive that money, so feel free to get in touch with Monica
my secretary she will send the amount to you without any delay.

Thanks.
Your regards.

Stamped/Dispatched by

Mr.Don Kennedy



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