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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 mobile phone numbers. Use of such numbers is typical for scams because they allow criminals to conceal their true location. They can receive calls in an Internet cafe from where they send you emails, while pretending to be in some office.
  • +22995322955 (Benin, probably a prepaid mobile phone)
• 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.
  • pastorjames.adams@yahoo.fr (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Mrs Tomika David <ike_dike2006@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: mrstomikadavid@yahoo.com
Date: Thu, 24 Jan 2008 03:11:32 -0800 (PST)
Subject: Happy New Year


Dear Good Friend,

I'm happy to inform you about my success in getting those funds transferred under the co-operation of a new partner from paraguay. I am currently in Paraguay where my new partner is utilising the fund to help the less previlage and open motherless babies home with 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 Pastor in Benin his name is

Pastor James Adams
Phone: 00229 95 322 955
Email: pastorjames.adams@yahoo.fr

ask him to send you the total of $500.000.00 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 very much. so feel free and get in touched with my Pastor,Pastor James Adams and instruct him where to send the amount 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. in the moment, I'm still having my medical treatment and I believe that God will do his best on me 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 Pastor James Adams, he will send the amount to you without any delay.

Regards,

Mrs Tomika David


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