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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.

Read more about such scams here or in our 419 FAQ. Use the Scam-O-Matic to verify suspect emails.

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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "barrister" (Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.)
  • "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.

Fraud email example:

From: drfrank ana <dr.frank.ana@hotmail.fr>
Date: Thu, 19 Jul 2007 05:23:27 +0100
Subject: Dear Good Friend,



Dear Good Friend,

I am Barrister who contacted you before about transfering those fund,I am very happy to inform you about my success in getting that fund,which you try alot but later you started having biased mind,want to let you know that its good to do good, Im in China now with my own share of the total fund,Now I want you to contact my secretary on the information below.

HIS NAME; lawrence bishooEMAIL: lawrence_bishoo@myway.comCotonou Benin Du Republic.

Ask him to send you the total sum of ($850,000.00) Eight hundred and fifthy thousand dollars in a Bank draft, which I kept for your compensation for all the past effort. The Proverb said is good to be good my dear,Recomfirm you information to him as below.

FULL NAME.................HOUSE ADDRESS..........PHONE NUMBER..........COUNTRY.........OCCUPATION............
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Anti-fraud resources:

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