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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 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.
  • +22993811274 (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.
  • mrkikiroymond120@yahoo.it (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: johnmark01@freenet.de
Date: Wed, 19 Mar 2008 20:56:39 +0100
Subject: CONTACT HIM NOW.


Dear friend,
I am very happy to inform you about my success in
getting
that fund transferred to a Swiss account. I
did not forget your past
effort to assist me despite
the fact that it failed us somehow so I kept
some
amount for you in my own appreciation for your
compensation. Now I
want you to contact my secretary
on the information below
NAME:
Mr.Kiki
EMAIL: mrkikiroymond120@yahoo.it
PHONE:+229 93811274
Contact him
and ask him to send you the total sum of
$950.00.00 in a CHECK (Nine
Hundred Fifty Thousand United States
Dollars)a certified international
bank draft issued from UBS AG,
Switzerland, which I have kept for your
compensation.
Best regards,
Dr.John Mark
Pan Africa Mortgage and
Finance

Anti-fraud resources:

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