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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)
  • "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 "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.
  • noraigwe_27@myway.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "ALI MALIK" <ali_malik767@hotmail.com>
Date: Tue, 12 Sep 2006 02:53:43 -0700
Subject: CONTACT HIM NOW...

Dear Friend,


It is my pleasure to contact you once again after our unsuccessful attempt
on our business transaction. Well, I just want to use this medium to thank
you very much for your earlier assistance to help me in transfering the
funds without any positive outcome. I am obliged to inform you that I have
succeeded in receiving the funds with the help of a new partner from
Paraguay Mr. Fernando Alvaro Gomez.


Everything was perfectly done because we struck a deal with one of the Lady
Accountants who works with the Federal Ministry of Finance here in Nigeria
(FMF), who rendered a tremendous help to us. My new partner initiated this
idea and everything worked out successfully.In appreciation of your earlier
assistance to me in receiving the funds, I have decided to compensate you
with the sum of $850,000.00(Eight Hundred and Fifty Thousand United States
Dollars) in a Cashier's cheque. This is from my own share. I did this simply
to show appreciation to you for your kind support and assistance eventhough
we could not succeed due to negative informatiom which you received at the
time about the transaction. Presently, I am in Paraguay for investment
project with my own share under the advice of my partner.

Meanwhile, I didn't forget your past efforts and attempts to assist me in
transferring this funds despite the fact that we could not succeed. I will
be sending you e-mail from time to time to know if you have received your
compensation or not. In the light of the above, you are therefore, to
contact my personal assistant Rev.Nora Igwe on my former telephone line and
do send him your contact address where you want the cheque to be sent to
you. His e-mail address is:noraigwe_27@myway.com


Please do let me know immediately you receive it so that we can share the
joy together after all the suffering at that time. In the moment, I am very
busy here in Asuncion, the capital city of Paraguay because of the
investment projects, which the new partner and I arehaving at hand. So feel
free to get in touch with him to send the cheque to you without any delay.


With My Best Regards,


LEO N ECHENDU.

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