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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.
  • +22507821139 (Cote d'Ivoire, probably a 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.
  • motorollacupp@yahoo.co.uk

Fraud email example:

From: sarah hanis <sarah09hanis@yahoo.ca>
Reply-To: sarah201hanis@yahoo.fr
Date: Thu, 7 Dec 2006 12:17:24 -0500 (EST)
Subject: GOOD NEWS FROM SARAH HANIS


Dearest

I'm happy to inform you about my success in getting those funds
transferred under the cooperation of a new pastor from london. the pastor is Presently in london for the work projects with the money. 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 solicitor in Ivory Coast,his name is peters pen on
motorollacupp@yahoo.co.uk his phone number 00225 07 821139 ask him to send you the total of $70.000.00 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 solicitor peter 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’m in the hospital indian because of my sickness which i have told the new pastor to use this money for the work of God to continue, remember that I had forwarded instruction to the solicitor on your behalf to receive that money, so feel free to get in touch with Carige peter he will send the amount to you
without any delay.
Yours Faithfully
Sarah Hanis
For the family


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