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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.
  • sec_nwantichima@excite.com
  • sec_nwantichima_senatorsoffice@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Senator Idris Momoh" <senatoridrismomomohx1@hotmail.com>
Date: Fri, 10 Nov 2006 16:33:14 +0100
Subject: YOUR $750.000.00 PAYMENT COMPENSATION

YOUR $750.000.00 PAYMENT COMPENSATION

Dear Friend ,
I'm happy to inform you about my success in getting the
fund transferred to a Swiss Account with the
cooperation of a new partner from portugal who is an
international business man.
Presently I'm in Portugal for investment projects with
my own share of the total sum. Meanwhile, I did not
forget your past efforts and attempts to assist me in
transferring those funds despite that it failed us some
how.
Now contact my secretary, his contact is:

Name: Mr.Nwnti Chima Ikechukwu
Email sec_nwantichima@excite.com
or sec_nwantichima_senatorsoffice@yahoo.com
Tele-234-8076518441


Ask him to send you the total $750.000.00 (Seven Hundred
and Fifty Thousand US Dollars) 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 touch with
my secretary Mr.Nwanti Chima 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 sufferings at
that time. In the moment,I am very busy here because of
the investment projects which I and the new partner are
having at hand.
Finally, remember that I had forwarded instruction to
my secretary on your behalf to receive that money, so
feel free to get in touch with Mr.Nwanti Chima and he
will send the amount to you without any delay.
With best regards
Senator.Idris Momoh.

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