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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.
• 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.
  • mrsgodswiluzoma1@yahoo.es (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "MOSES"<mosesaku1@myway.com>
Date: Fri, 19 Oct 2007 16:10:05 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: PLEASE CONTACT HER ASAP.


Dear partner, I'm happy to inform you about my success in getting the approved contract fund transferred to a Swiss account with the cooperation of a new partner from Paraguay who is an international business woman.Presently I'm with her 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 the fund by using your name to secure the fund payment approvals despite that it failed us some how to conclude it together.Not withstanding I made a provision to compensate you with the sum of US$3,200,000.00 only.I left the money with the manager of the bank that helped us to get the fund transferred out finally.Her name is Mrs. GODSWIL UZOMA, Email: mrsgodswiluzoma1@yahoo.es I appreciated your efforts at that time very much. Therefore, feel free and contact the manager, Mrs. GODSWIL UZOMA, through the above email address.I have instructed her that the money (US$3,200,000.00)
should be processed in the HSBC MASTER CARD and send to you so that the money get to you without any judiciary clause.Contact and give her your full name, telephone numbers and your house address where she should send the ATM master card to you immediately.Please do let me know immediately you receive it so that we can share the joy together after all the effort put together.I am very busy here at the moment because of the investment projects which the new partner and I are having at hand.My regards to your family.SANI AHMED.PLEASE CONTACT HER ASAP.

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