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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)
• 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.
  • mr_rachidi2@yahoo.fr (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: barr paul <barr_paul10@hotmail.fr>
Reply-To: <mr_rachidi2@yahoo.fr>
Date: Sat, 4 Aug 2007 22:37:51 +0100
Subject: My Dear Friend,



My Dear Friend, I'm happy to inform you about my success in getting those fundstransferred under the cooperation of a new partner from holland. PresentlyI'm in holland for investment projects with my own share of the totalsum.meanwhile,I didn't forget your past efforts and attempts to assist me intransferring those funds despite that it failed us some how.Now contact my secretary in Benin Republic his name is Mr RachidiE-mail (mr_rachidi2@yahoo.fr )ask him to send you the total$2.5 million usd which i kept for your compensation for all the past efforts andattempts to assist me in this matter. I appreciated your efforts at thattime very much. so feel free and get intouched with my secretary MrRachidi .instruct him where to send the amount to you.Please do let me know immediately you receive it so that we can sharethe joy after all the sufferness at that time. in the moment, I?m verybusy here because of the investment projects which me and my the newpartner are having at hand, finally, remember that I had forwardedinstruction to the secretary on your behalf to receive that money, so feel freeto get in touch with Rachidi .he will sends the amount to you withoutany delay.And send her your full contact information such as below YOUR FULL NAME...... YOUR COUNTRY...... DATE OF BIRTH........ YOUR FULL HOME ADDRESS....... YOUR OFFICE PHONE NUM.... HOME PHONE NUMBER........ OCCUPATION..........Regards,Barr Paul
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