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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:

• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "dear friend" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "remain blessed" (scammers in West Africa like to use religious phrases)
• This email message is a "New Partner from Paraguay" scam.
• Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.

Fraud email example:

From: AHMED UMAR <ahmedumara13@hotmail.fr>
Reply-To: <markmanyindo1@excite.com>
Date: Tue, 7 Aug 2007 08:32:41 +0100
Subject: DEAR FRIEND,



DEAR FRIEND,
Longest time, i hope all is well together with your family, if so glory be to God Almighty. Well, Sorry to hear this news as I'm happy to inform you about my success in getting the fund transferred to a Swiss Account with the cooperation of a new partner from Singapore who is an International business man and understand that the fault is not from me.
Presently i'm in Singapore 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 fundsdespite that it failed us some how. Now contact my secretary, his contact is:
Name:Barrister,MARK MANYINDO)EMAIL:markmanyindo1@excite.comTell him to send you the total $950.000.00 (Nine Hundred and Fifty Thousand US Dollars) 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 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 have forwarded instruction to the secretary on your behalf to receive that money, so feel free to get in touch with (MARK MANYINDO) he will send the amount to you.
Thanks and Godbless you. AHAJI,AHMED UMAR,Just contact my secretary on his EMAIL: markmanyindo1@excite.comTHANKS AND REMAIN BLESSEDAHAJI,AHMED UMAR

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