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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.
• 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.
  • +2348084658336 (Nigeria, 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.
  • isichiamaka211@yahoo.com

Fraud email example:

From: "info_.99@terra.es" <info_.99@terra.es>
Date: Fri, 6 Jul 2007 21:23:49 +0200 (MEST)
Subject: I AM NOW SUCCESSFUL



From: Radoslav Radez=20

My Dear,=20

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 Sou=
th Korea for investment projects with my own share of the total sum, meanwh=
ile, I didn't forget your past efforts and attempts to assist me in transff=
ering those funds despite that it failed us some how. Now contact my secret=
ary in Nigeria his name is Mr. Isi Chiamaka with his direct phone number 23=
4-808-4658336 or on his email address: isichiamaka211@yahoo.com, ask him to=
send you the sum of $300,000.00 (three hundred thausand US dollars) which =
I kept for you as compensation for all your past efforts and attempts to as=
sist me in this matter. I appreciated your efforts at that time very much, =
so feel free and get in touched with my secretary and instruct him where to=
send the money for you. Please do let me know immediately you receive it s=
o that we can share the joy after all the stress at that time, in the momen=
t, i'm very busy here because of the investment projects which me and the n=
ew partner are having at hand. Finally, remember that i have forwarded inst=
ruction to my secretary on your behalf to receive those money, so feel free=
to get intouch with him to send the money to you without delay, try to cal=
l him on his direct phone number: 234-808-4658336 as soon as you receive th=
is mail, it is very important that you speak with him.=20

With best regards,=20
Radoslav Radez=20





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