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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:
  • "dear friend" (a common phrase found 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.
  • samokeke200@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "galadyakub@eparsnip.com" <galadyakub@eparsnip.com> (may be fake)
Date: Sat, 5 May 2007 09:28:47 +0100
Subject: CONTACT MY SECRETARY IN BENIN


Dear Friend,
To God be the glory,
I'm happy to inform you about my success in getting the fund of the $10.5 musd
transferred under the cooperation of a new partner from paraguay.

Presently i'm in UK 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 despite that it failed us some how, due to lack of
funds, Now contact my secretary his name is mr.sam okeke.

Email address is samokeke200@yahoo.co.uk

ask him to send you the CHEQUE of total sum $800.000 usd which i kept for
youas a compensation for all the past efforts and attempts you made 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 mr sam okeke and 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 problems at that time. Please quote my name in your mail to
Mr.sam okeke at the moment, Im very busy 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.sam okeke, he will send the amount
to you without any delay.

Regards,
ALHAJI GALADIMA YAKUBU



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