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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.
  • howard_chark@yahoo.fr (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: basilben7@zipmail.com.br
Date: Tue, 31 Jul 2007 00:33:32 +0200
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?GOOD=20NEWS=20AND=20CONTACT=20MY=20SECRETARY=20FOR=20YOUR=24800=2E000=20IMMEDIATELY=2E=20?=

GOOD DAY

Dearest 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. Meanwhile,I
didn't forget your past efforts and attempts to assist me
in transferring those funds despitethat it failed us some
how.Now contact my secretary,his name is HOWARD CHARK EMAIL
howard_chark@yahoo.fr

Ask him to send you the total
($800.000 )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 HOWARD CHARK
and instruct him where to send your check Draft to.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 intouch with HOWARD CHARK without any delay.

Best Regards,

Hon. mohamedoffice

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