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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:

• 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.
  • mrsgrace0022@myway.com

Fraud email example:

From: dr_richard_2001@elvigiaensenada.com
Date: Mon, 08 Oct 2007 19:33:29 +0100
Subject: Compensation For Your Past Efforts.



My Dear,

I'm happy to inform you about my success in getting the fund
transferred under the cooperation of a new partner from
Paraguay.
Presently I’m in Paraguay 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 funds despite
that it
failed us some how.

Now contact my secretary, her name is Mrs Grace Abbah and
her email
address is,( mrsgrace0022@myway.com ) ask her to send you
the total sum
of $850.000.00 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 Mrs Grace Abbah and instruct her
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 suffering at that time. at 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 the secretary on your behalf to
receive
that money, so feel free to get in touch with Mrs Grace
Abbah and
she will send the amount to you without any delay.

I await to hear from you ASAP notifying me if you have
received
your draft from her.

With best regards
Dr Richard.

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