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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:
  • "hundred thousand united states dollars" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
• 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.
  • mr_frank_tony10@yahoo.fr (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "micheal hill" <micheal_hill@marsool.com>
Date: Wed, 11 Oct 2006 22:29:31 +0300
Subject: TREMENDOURS GOOD NEWS.


*THE FORMER DIRECTOR GENERAL
AFRICAN OIL COMPANY BENIN REP
HON MR MICHEAL HILL.

Dearest Friend,

This is to inform you about my success in getting the
money moved under the cooperation of a new partner from
New Jersey.
Presently i'm in New Jersey for investing my own part of
the money Meanwhile,i didn't forget your past efforts and
attempts to assist me in moved the cash despite that both
of us could not make it.
Now contact my secretary,his name is Mr FRANK TONY and his
email address is( *mr_frank_tony10@yahoo.fr* ) ask him to send
you the sum of ($800,000.00(Eight Hundred Thousand United
States Dollars) in a Certified Draft 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 FRANK and
instruct him where to send the money to you.Please do let me
know immediately you receive it so that we can share the joy
together after all the sufferness at that time. in the moment,
i am very busy here investing with my new partner.
finally, I have forwarded instruction to my secretary to send
the Confirmable Draft to you, so feel free to get in touch with
Mr FRANK and he will send the Draft to you without any delay.
BEST REGARDS
Hon MR MICHEAL HILLEsq.
THE FORMER DIRECTOR GENERAL
AFRICAN OIL COMPANY BENIN REP.
*
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