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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)
  • "i will like you to " (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "cotonou" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
• 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.
  • johnson_nebuwa2@yahoo.fr (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: gabitookoye5@zipmail.com.br
Date: Fri, 9 Nov 2007 08:05:25 +0100
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?contact=20my=20secretary?=



Dear friend.
Compliments of the season and God's blessings.
I am glad to inform you that I have successfully
transferred the funds under the co-operation of a new
partner from Paraguay .And presently am in Paraguay for
some investment projects and medical check up with my
own share of the total sum. as you should understand
that during the period of processing the transfer that
my health situation was very poor.
Meanwhile, I did not forget all your past efforts and
attempts to assist
me in transferring the funds despite that it failed us
some how along the way. Now I will like you to contact
my secretary who is right now in Cotonou Republic of
Benin, his name is Mr Johnson Nebuwa his
email:( johnson_nebuwa2@yahoo.fr) And ask him to send you the
total sum of $1.2 MILLION AMERICA DOLLARS
which I kept for you, for your compensation for all the
past efforts and attempts to assist me in this matter
as I am a very strong and born again christian and will
never easily forget all your passt efforts to assist no
matter that i was not able to get it conclude with
you.I appreciated all your efforts at that time very
much. So feel free and get in touched with my secretary
Mr.Johnson Nebuwa and instruct him where to send the
money to you.
Please do let me know immediately you receive it so
that we can share the joy after all the sufferies at
that time. In the moment,I am very busy here because of
the investment projects and my health which me and my
new partners are having at hand. Finally, remember that
I had forwarded instruction to my secretary on your
behalf in respect to that matter as well, So feel free
to get in touch with him in respect to that so that he
will send the amount to you without any delay.
Yours faithfully.
DR Gaberil Okoye Your former business Partner.
urgent reply

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