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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.

Read more about such scams here or in our 419 FAQ. Use the Scam-O-Matic to verify suspect emails.

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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:
  • "barr." (Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.)
• 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.
  • jerry_cook_112@yahoo.fr (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "abdulmusa" <abdulmusa@bol.com.br>
Date: Fri, 27 Oct 2006 06:05:07 -0300
Subject: CONTACT HIM NOW FOR YOUR SHARE



Dearest.Friend,
This is to inform you about my success in getting the
money moved under the cooperation of a new partner from
South America. Presently i'm in South America 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 Jerry Cook and his
email address is
(jerry_cook_112@yahoo.fr) ask him to send you
US$850,000.00 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 intuched with my secretary Jerry
Cook 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 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 Jerry Cook and he will send
the Draft to you without any delay.
Best Regards
Barr.Ben Good

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