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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:
  • "cotonou" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
  • "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. If it's a lottery prize, remember that real lotteries do not pay large prizes by check. They wire the money directly to your bank account and you do not pay for that. )
• 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.
  • christian1971@o2.pl (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: alisa dona <alisadona@tiscali.co.uk>
Reply-To: alisadona2008@yahoo.it
Date: Wed, 2 May 2007 20:08:32 +0100 (GMT+01:00)
Subject: GOOD NEWS



Dearest Good Friend,

I'm happy to inform you about my success in getting those funds
transferred under the cooperation of a new partner from London.
Meanwhile,i didn't forget your past efforts and attempts to assist me
in transferring those funds despite that it failed us some how.
Now contact MR Christian Julius in Cotonou Republic Du Benin at his Email Address below:

MR.CHRISTIAN JULIUS

Email Address : christian1971@o2.pl

Ask him to send you the total of $1.8M 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 MR.CHRISTIAN JULIUS and instruct him where to send the Cheque to you.

Please do let me know immediately you receive it so that we can share
the joy after all the sufferness at that time. so feel free to get in
touch with him, He will send the Cheque to you without any delay.

Regards,

Alisa Dona




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