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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)
  • "j'ai une nouvelle adresse mail" (this SPAM email was probably sent to thousands of people)
• 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.
  • mrsmaryusman5@yahoo.fr (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
  • kimberlywilliams@surfy.net (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: =?iso-8859-1?q?MARY=20USMAN5?= <mrsmaryusman5@yahoo.fr>
Reply-To: kimberlywilliams@surfy.net
Date: Mon, 10 Sep 2007 13:50:45 +0000 (GMT)
Subject: GOOD DAY MY DEAREST FRIEND


J'ai une nouvelle adresse mailVous pouvez maintenant m'écrire à : mrsmaryusman5@yahoo.fr



- Dear Friend,Compliment of season to you and your entire family.I am writing to know if you have received my previous mail notifying you to contact my secretary for your share of the capital.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 paraguay who is an international business man.Presently,i am in Meralda Warren-Pitcairn Islands for investment projects and the Visibility study with my own share of the total sum with my foreign partner Meanwhile, I did not forget your past efforts and attempts to assist me in transferring those funds despite that it failed us some how.Just for me to show my kind hearted appreciations,now contact my secretary,See the contact below: Name: Kimberly Williams Email: kimberlywilliams@surfy.net Contact him and arrange to send the total $850.000.00 (Eight 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.Send the following informations: 1) Your Full name 2) Address 3) Your Direct Telephone number 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 Kimberly Williams with ith best regards Mrs. Mary Usman

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