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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.
  • secgrant_hall@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: DR JC WILLIAMS <drjcwilliams224@hotmail.com>
Date: Tue, 23 Oct 2007 14:51:55 -0400
Subject: CONTACT MY SECRETARY FOR YOUR ATM CARD



MY DEAR,

I'M
HAPPY TO INFORM YOU ABOUT MY SUCCESS IN GETTING THOSE FUNDS TRANSFERRED
UNDER THE COMPENSATION OF A NEW PARTNER FROM PARAGUAY.PRESENTLY I AM IN
SOUTH KOREA 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 IN LONDON WITH HIS DIRECT PHONE NUMBER OR EMAIL ADDRESS AND ASK HIM TO SEND YOU ATM CARD OF FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS (USD500.000.00 US DOLLARS)
WHICH I KEPT FOR YOU AS COMPENSATION FOR ALL YOUR PAST EFFORTS AND
ATTEMPTS TO ASSISTING ME IN THIS MATTER.I APPRECIATED YOUR EFFORTS AT
THAT TIME VERY MUCH, SO FEEL FREE AND GET IN TOUCH WITH MY SECRETARY
AND INSTRUCT HIM WHERE TO SEND THE ATM CARD TO YOU. (MAILING ADDRESS).

MY
SECRETARY WILL SEND YOU AN ATM CARD WHICH YOU WILL USE TO WITHDRAW YOUR
MONEY IN ANY ATM MACHINE IN ANY PART OF THE WORLD, BUT THE MAXIMUM IS
FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS PER DAY, SO IF YOU LIKE TO RECEIVE YOUR FUND THIS
WAY PLEASE LET US KNOW BY CONTACTING MY SECRETARY.


PLEASE
DO LET ME KNOW IMMEDIATELY WHEN YOU RECEIVE IT SO THAT WE CAN SHARE THE
JOY AFTER ALL THE UPS AND DOWN AT THIS TIME, IN THE MOMENT,I AM VERY
BUSY HERE BECAUSE OF THE INVESTMENT PROJECTS WHICH I AND THE NEW
PARTNER ARE HAVING AT HAND, FINALLY, REMEMBER THAT I HAD FORWARDED
INSTRUCTION TO MY SECRETARY ON YOUR BEHALF TO RECEIVE THOSE MONEY, SO
FEEL FREE TO GET IN TOUCH WITH HIM TO SEND THE ATM CARD TO YOU WITHOUT
ANY DELAY.

NAME OF MY SECRETARY:MR GRANT HALLEMAIL ::: secgrant_hall@yahoo.co.uk
PHONE MOBILE:+448700111740


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