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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.
• Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.
• 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.
  • raph_udoh4@yahoo.com

Fraud email example:

From: sadiq_alman3@microcamp.com.br
Date: Sat, 05 May 2007 08:04:32 -0300
Subject: CONTACT MY SECRETARY


Att;My dear,I'm happy to inform you about my success in getting those funds
transffered under the cooperation of a new partner from paraguay. Presently
i'm in paraguay for investment projects with my own share of the total
sum.meanwhile,i didn't forget your past efforts and attempts to assit me in
transffering those funds despite that it failed us somehow. Now contact
my secretary in BENIN his name is RAPH UDOH ,his email; 
(raph_udoh4@yahoo.com)ask him to send you the total $850.000.00 (EIGTH
HUNDRED FIFITY THOUSAND US DOLLARS ) certified bank draft which i raised
in your favour 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 intouched with my secretary MR RAPH UDOH and give him
your address  where to send the draft 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.in the moment, i'm 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 intouch with MR RAPH
UDOH  without any delay.  best regard BARRISTER CHINEDU IKE
_________________________________________________________
Microcamp

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