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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.

Read more about such scams here or in our 419 FAQ. Use the Scam-O-Matic to verify suspect emails.

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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)
• 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.
  • joy_koffe@myway.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: raymond hillary <raymond_hillary1956@yahoo.co.uk>
Reply-To: joy_koffe@myway.com
Date: Wed, 5 Mar 2008 15:14:38 +0000 (GMT)
Subject: CONTACT MY SECRETARY IMMEDIATELY FOR YOUR COMPENSATION


Dear friend,

This is to inform you about my success in getting the money moved under
the co-operation of a new partner from india. Presently, I'm in saudi
arabia for the purpose of investing my own share of the money.

Meanwhile I didn't forget your past efforts and attempts in assisting
me to move the fund even do we were not successful.
Now contact my SECRETARY in Benin Republic on the underlisted contact
immediately:

Name: MRS. JOYCE KOFFE.
Email: joy_koffe@myway.com

Ask him to send you a BANK DRAFT of the sum of (US$ 800.000.00) eight
hundred thousand dollars. which I kept for you as compensation for all your
past efforts and attempts to assist me in this matter.
I appreciated your efforts at that time so much. while contacting
MRS JOYCE KOFFE, Please include and give him instructions on where to send the money to you. I will advise you to contact him with:

NAME:....................................
AGE:........................................
SEX:........................................
ADDRESS:...............................
EMAIL:....................................
PHONE:...................................
OCCUPATION:.........................
COMPANY:..............................
COUNTRY:...............................

Best regards,

DR RAYMOND HILLARY


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