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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:

• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "00,000.00" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
• 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.
  • mrspadama1@myway.com

Fraud email example:

From: daniel kufor <danielkufoe7008@yahoo.co.uk>
Reply-To: dannys_5@yahoo.com
Date: Tue, 6 Nov 2007 09:52:39 +0000 (GMT)
Subject: CONTACT MY SECRETARY


Dear morton ,
I'm happy to inform you about my success in getting those funds transferred under the cooperation of a new partner from India. Presently i'm in India 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 in Togo her name is Mrs.Roselin Padama on mrspadama1@myway.com ask her to send you the total sum of $400,000.00 which i kept for your compensation for all the past efforts and attempts to assist me in our transaction earlier. I appreciated your efforts at that time very much.
so feel free and get in touch with my secretary and i have instruct her to ensure that the amount is released 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 and moment, I’m 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.Roselin Padama, she will send the amount to you without any delay.
Yours Faithfully,
Daniel kufor.



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