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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.
• 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.
  • felix_ibeto1@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "tony obi" <tonyobi72@latinmail.com>
Date: Sat, 26 May 2007 01:43:32 +0200 (CEST)
Subject: contact my secretary


My Dear,
I'm happy to inform you about my success in getting
those funds transferred under the co-operation 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 assist me in transferring those funds
despite that it failed us some how.
Now contact my secretary, his name is Mr felix ibeto,
EMAIL ADDRESS:......... (felix_ibeto1@yahoo.co.uk)
ask him to send you the total ($1,000,000.Musd ) which I kept
for your compensation for all the past efforts and
attempts to assist me in this matter. I appreciated
your collective efforts at that time so feel free and
get in touch with my secretary Mr felixibeto, and instruct him
where to send the amount to you by recomfirming
your address to him as it is bellow.
your full name.......
home or office address......
phone number...........
country location...........
your age............
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 in
paraguay because of the investment projects which
myself and the new partner are having at hand without
confrontations, finally, remember that I had forwarded
instruction to the secretary on your behalf to receive
that money, so feel free to get in to touch with Mr felixibeto1,
my secretary he will send the amount to you
without any delay.Email:.........(felix_ibeto1@yahoo.co.uk
Thanks.
Your regards
tonyobi

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