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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)
  • "cotonou" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
• This email message is a "New Partner from Paraguay" scam.
• 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.
  • +22993893038 (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.
  • onyi_dube@yahoo.ie (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Dr joe Ike" <drjoe_ike@latinmail.com>
Date: Sun, 3 Jun 2007 17:17:02 +0200 (CEST)
Subject: CONTACT MY SECRETARY FOR YOUR COMPENSATION


Dear Friend,

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 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 in Cotonou Benin Republic his name is Onyi
Dube on onyi_dube@yahoo.ie phone number 00229-93-89-3038ask him to send
you the total of $800.000.00 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 Onyi Dube 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 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 in touch with Onyi Dube, he will send the amount to you without
any delay.

Regards,
Dr Joe Ike



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