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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:
  • "barr." (Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.)
  • "cheque " (Beware of any scheme that involves cashing checks or money orders and then wiring a portion of the funds somewhere - you'll be liable for the entire amount if the checks or money orders turn out to be fake, even after you have received and forwarded cash)
• 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.
  • barr_john_obi2@myway.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: mrpauloko1@zipmail.com.br
Date: Mon, 4 Dec 2006 16:27:24 +0100
Subject: My Dear

My Dear


I'm happy to inform you about my success in getting those funds
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,ididn't
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 name is Barr.John Obi now contact him on
his
email address: barr_john_obi2@myway.com tel:229-9313-8769 ask him to
send
you the total $620,000.00 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 touch with my secretary and furnish him with
your
personal mailing address where you will want the cheque to be despached
to. Also to be included in the email you will send to him is your
direct
telephone numbers as the courier company that will despatch the cheque
will
need this information.


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 I and my new partner are
having
at hand, finally, remember that I had forwarded instruction to the
secretary
on your behalf. So feel free to get in touch withhim
without delay.
with bestregards,


contact Barr John Obi
tel:229-9313-8769
barr_john_obi2@myway.com


Mr. Paul

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