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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 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.
  • johnmartin1@myway.com

Fraud email example:

From: "paul samuel" <paulsamuel@marsool.com>
Date: Mon, 02 Oct 2006 11:14:58 +0300
Subject: YOUR URGENT REPLY


My Dear Good Friend,

I'm happy to inform you about my success in getting those funds transferred
under the cooperation of a new partner from paraguay.
Presently i'm in Paraguay 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 JOHN MARTIN on
(johnmartin1@myway.com) ask 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 JOHNMARTIN 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 am very busy here
because of the investment projects which me and the new partner are having at
hand, 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 JOHNMARTIN
he will send the amount to you without any delay.

NOTE :BELWO HERE IS THE REQUIRED INFORMATIONS YOU WILL SEND TO MY SECRETARY :
(1) YOUR FULL NAMES
(2) YOUR HOUSE ADDRESS
(3) YOUR DIRECT CELPHONE NUMBER AND HOUSE PHONE WITH FAX IF ANY .
(4) YOUR ID EITHER INTERNATIONAL PAS-PORT OR DRIVING LINCES .
Regards,
BAR Paul Samuel.

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