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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.
  • henry_uba2@o2.pl

Fraud email example:

From: USMAN ALI <usman_alii2@yahoo.com>
Date: Thu, 26 Apr 2007 08:36:39 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: URGENT FROM USMAN


Dear Ms Richzer.

I am very happy to inform you about my success in getting that fund Now, Presently i'm in Paraguay for investment projects with my own share of the total sum. I want you to contact my secretary on the information below

NAME: MR Henry Uba
E-MAIL: (henry_uba2@o2.pl )

Ask him to send you the total sum of $800,000.00 dollars in a bank draft, which I kept for your compensation. 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 me and the new partner 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 marcel and
he will send the amount to you without any delay.
With best regards
Dr usman Ali


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