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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 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.
  • +2348033591869 (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.
  • mrpaulenike_secretar@excite.com
  • mrpaulenike_secretary@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Philip Butego <philipbutego@easymail.hu>
Date: Mon, 27 Aug 2007 14:06:15 +0200
Subject: 27TH:08:07 GOOD NEWS! GOOD NEWS! SINCERE COMPENSATION

27TH:08:07 GOOD NEWS! GOOD NEWS! SINCERE COMPENSATION
 
Dear Friend,
 
I'm happy to inform you about my success in getting the fund
transferred to a Swiss Account with the co-operation of a new partner from araguay  who is an international business man.

Presently I'm in Paraguay for investment projects with my own share of the total sum. Meanwhile, I did not forget your past efforts and attempts to assist me in transferring those funds despite that it failed us some how.
 
Now contact my secretary, his contact is:
Name: MR.PAUL ENIKE
Email:mrpaulenike_secretar@excite.com OR
mrpaulenike_secretary@yahoo.co.uk
Tel:+234 80335918695
 
Ask him to send you the total $1,050.000.00 (One Million 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 youefforts at that time very much. So feel free and get in touched with my secretary Mr.PAUL ENIKE 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 am 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 my secretary on your behalf to receive that money, so feel free to get in touch with Mr.PAUL ENIKE and he will send the amount to you without any delay.
 
With best regards
Senator.Philip Butego.

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