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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)
  • "barrister" (Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.)
  • "courier company" (Courier companies mentioned in 419 scams are always fake. They will have you send money to them, but won't deliver anything. )
  • "cotonou" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
• This email message is a "New Partner from Paraguay" scam.
• Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.
• This email lists mobile phone numbers. Use of such numbers is typical for scams because they allow criminals to conceal their true location. They can receive calls in an Internet cafe from where they send you emails, while pretending to be in some office.
  • +22993017504 (Benin, probably a prepaid mobile phone)
• 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.
  • obumneme_ifeadigo2000@yahoo.fr (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: martinkume101@microcamp.com.br
Date: Thu, 10 May 2007 11:06:09 -0300
Subject: CONTACT MY SECRETARY IN BENIN.




DESK OF BARRISTER JERRY MIKE ESQ.NO 12 JUNQUE COTONOU.REPUBLIC DU BENIN.DATE
10TH APRIL 2007.Dear Friend,Longest time, i hope all is well together with
your family,if so glory be to God almighty.Well,Sorry to hear this news and
understand that thefault is not from me.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'm in Paraguay for investment projects with my own share of total
sum.meanwhile, i didn't forget your past efforts and attempts to assist me
intransferring this funds despite that it failed us some how.





Now contact my secretary in Benin his name is Mr Obumneme Ifeadigo on
hise-mail address stated below:----------(obumneme_ifeadigo2000@yahoo.fr) Tel
+229-930-175-04. Ask him to send you the total Amount of $850,000 us
dollars (EIGHT HUNDRED AND FIFTY THOUSAND US DOLLARS) 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 Mr Obumneme Ifeadigo and instruct him 
where to send the check and send him your contact  information like home
address  and phone number so that he will submit it to the courier
company where i directed him for the check to be sent to your designated
address without any delay.





Please do let me know immediately if you receive it so that we can share the
joy after all the sufferness at that time ok, In the moment, Im very busy
here because of the investment projects which me and the new partner 
are having at hand,finally,remember that I have forwarded instruction to the
secretary on your behalf to instruct the courier company to send the check to
you as soon as you send your details information without delay, so feel
free to get in touch with Mr Obumneme Ifeadigo he will inform courier to send
the check immediately to you without any delay as i instructed him to do.





Thank you and may God Bless you.Best Regards,Barr Jerry  Mike.


_________________________________________________________
Microcamp

Anti-fraud resources:

• What can you do when you receive 419 spam