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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 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.
  • uchena_george@yahoo.com

Fraud email example:

From: "MR OKOLIE ANTHONY" <mr_okolieanthony8@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: mr_okolieanthony@Alum.com
Date: Thu, 15 Feb 2007 12:25:45 +0100
Subject: I WANT TO CONPENSATE YOU FOR YOUR ASSISTANCE.

Dear  friend,

 

It is my pleasure to reach you after our unsuccessful attempt on our business transaction. Well, I just want to use this medium to thank you very much for your earlier assistance to help me in receiving the funds, without any positive outcome.

 

I am obliged to inform you that I have succeeded in receiving the funds with the help of a new partner from Paraguay Mr. Fernando Alvaro Gomez. Everything was perfectly done because we strike a deal with one of the Lady Accountant who works with the Federal Ministry of Finance (FMF), and she rendered a tremendous help to us. My new partner initiated this idea and everything worked out successfully.

 

In regards to our agreement and appreciation of your earlier assistance to me in receiving the funds, I have decided to compensate you with the sum of $550,000.00(Five hunderw and fifty thousand United States Dollars)deposited  in a bank  for your immediate collection. I did this simply to show appreciation to you for your kind support and assistance even though we could not succeed due to some unforseen circumstances and reason.

 

Presently, I am in London for investment project with my own share under the advice of my Lawyer

 

Mean while, I will be sending you e-mail from time to time to know if you have received your share or not. In the light of the above, you are therefore, to contact my personal assistant

 

MR.UCHENA GEORGE, on my former telephone number and do send him your contact address  to enable him forward it to the bank for immediate release of the fund to you, his-email address :>  uchena_george@yahoo.com

 

Please do let me know immediately you receive it so that we can share the joy together after all the suffering at that time. In the moment, iam very busy here in United Kingdom  because of the investment projects, which the new partner and I are having at hand. So feel free to get in touch with my P.A. urgently without delay.

 

With My Best Regards,

MR OKOLIE ANTHONY
FORMAL MINISTER OF STATE FOR FINANCE.

You can also reply to my e-mail address>   mr_okolieanthony@Alum.com

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