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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 mobile phone numbers. Use of such numbers is typical for scams because they allow criminals to conceal their true location. They can receive calls in an Internet cafe from where they send you emails, while pretending to be in some office.
  • +2348022998355 (Nigeria, prepaid mobile phone)
• 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.
  • smith_thomas1@hotmail.com

Fraud email example:

From: "what poppy" <egonjohnschase@marsool.com>
Date: Thu, 26 Oct 2006 15:37:42 +0300
Subject: YOUR DRAFT IS READY


Attn:

How are you and your humble family today? I'm happy to inform you about our
success in getting my contract payment of US$30.5 million 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 us in
transferring those funds despite that it failed us some how those times.

I have instructed him to send you the total 1.000.000.00, (ONE MILLION EURO)
draft which I kept for your compensation, for all your past efforts and attempts
in assisting us in this matter, as I promised you in our agreement. I
appreciated your efforts at that time very much and may God continue to reward
your good gestures.

So feel free and get in touch with my secretary and instruct him on where to
send the Draft containing the money to you by confirming to him your full name
and address to send it to.

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 the
new partner and I are having at hand.

Finally, remember that I had advised my secretary on your behalf that you will
contact him to pick up the draft, so feel free to get in touch with and he will
send the draft to you without any delay.

Note: I have attempted to call you but all effort failed and I had to send you
mail on this email address, which I guessed belongs to you and i let you that
you we only pay for courier delivery only nothing more.

This is my secretary phone number +23480-229-98355or email
@smith_thomas1@hotmail.com

Best Regards,
Mr. Smith Thomas



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