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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)
• 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.
  • felix_henry22@yahoo.fr (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: honiduuodogwu01@zipmail.com.br
Date: Sun, 1 Oct 2006 00:50:07 +0200
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?TREMENDOURS=20GOOD=20NEWS?=

Dear Friend,

Longest time, i hope all is well together with you family,if so glory be
to God almighty.Well,Sorry to hear this news and understand that the fault
is not from me I'm happy to inform you about my success in getting those
funds transferred under the cooperation of a new partner from Antigua and
Barbuda .Presently i'm in Antigua and Barbuda 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 in Benin his name is.NAME;....Mr.Felix
Henry.
EMAIL;...(felix_henry22@yahoo.fr)

Tell him to send you the total of $800.000.00 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 touched with
my secretary Mr.Felix Henry, and instruct him 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.in the moment, I'm very busy
here because of the investment projects which me and the new partner are
having at hand,finally, remember that I have forwarded instruction to the
secretary on your behalf to receive that money, so feel free to get in touch
with Mr.Felix Henry,he will send the amount to you.

Regards,
Hon.Iduu Odogwu
This is his e-mail address;...(felix_henry22@yahoo.fr)

Anti-fraud resources:

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