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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 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.
  • +2348063116746 (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.
  • okoro_05@sify.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "usman sherif" <usmansherif84@hotmail.com>
Date: Fri, 08 Dec 2006 03:23:31 -0700
Subject: thanks for yr assistance

Dear Friend,
I'm happy to inform you about our success in getting
the fund transferred under the cooperation of a new partnerfrom 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. Now contact my secretaray, his name is MR CHIJIOKE OKORO and his
email address is (okoro_05@sify.com) TEL: 234-8063116746 ask him to
send you the total $800.000.00,(EIGHT HUNDERED THOUSAND DOLLARS) draft
which I kept for your compensation for all the past efforts and attempts to
assist us in this matter. I appreciated your efforts at that time very
much So feel free and get in touched with my secretary MR CHIJIOKE OKORO and
instruct him where to send the money to you. Kindly confirm 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 suffer ness 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 forwarded
instruction to the secretary on your behalf to receive that money, so
feel free to get in touch with MR CHIJIOKE OKORO and he will send the
amount to you without any delay. Note that other people may be contacting
you in respect of the same fund, as it is still in Central Bank vetting
computer.

Best Regards
Usman

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