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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)
  • ",000,000" (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)
  • "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.
  • mrdalemicheal@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Dr Terry Edmond <DRTERRYEDMOND@EXCITE.COM>
Date: Fri, 04 Jan 2008 06:24:33 -0800
Subject: Your Compensation fund $4,000,000 approved !!!

Dear Friend,
I'm happy to inform you about my success in getting the fund
transferred to a Swiss Account with the co-operation of a new partner
from
England who is an international business man. Presently I'm in england
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 that is
why I decided to compensate you for the effort invested before now an i
would like you to know that the ECONOMIC COMMUNITY OF WEST AFRICAN
STATES has your backing and will be directing you on what to do to get
your funds.

Now contact my secretary, his contacts are:

Name: Mr Dale Micheal
Email: mrdalemicheal@gmail.com

Ask him to send you the total sum of $4,000,000.00 (Four Million United
StateDollars) 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 so well. So feel free and get in touched with my
secretary
Mr. Dale Micheal 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 stress in getting the fail fund.At 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 instructions to my secretary on
your behalf to receive that money, so feel free to get in touch with
Mr. Dale Micheal and he will send the amount to you without any delay.
Get Back to my secretary with your filled out informations for the
processing of your fund:

FULL NAME:
HOME ADDRESS:
PHONE NUMBER:
AGE:
STATUS:
OCCUPATION:
COUNTRY:

Regards,
Dr. Terry Edmond.

Anti-fraud resources:

• What can you do when you receive 419 spam