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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.
  • markben_1930@yahoo.fr

Fraud email example:

From: mustapha_rasheed@microcamp.com.br
Date: Sun, 15 Apr 2007 14:52:20 -0300
Subject: GOOD NEWS


Dearest
Friend,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 am 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
me in
transferring
those
funds
deposit
that it
failed us
some
how.Now
contact
my
secretary
in Benin
his name
is MARK
BEN on
this
e-mailaddress(markben_1930@yahoo.fr)
ask him to
send you
the total
of
$850.000.00
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
secretary
MARK BEN
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 suffer
ness at
that
time. in
the
moment,I
am very
busy here
because of
the
investment
projects
which me
and the
new
partner
are
having at
hand,
finally,
remember
that I
had
forwarded
instruction
to the my
secretary
on your
behalf to
receive
that
money, so
feel free
to get in
touch with
MARK BEN
he will
send the
amount to
you
without
any
delay.Best
RegardsBARR.MUSTAPHA
RASHEED
_________________________________________________________
Microcamp

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