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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:

• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "dear friend" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "barrister" (Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.)
• This email message is a "New Partner from Paraguay" scam.
• Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.
• 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.
  • roseday900@yahoo.fr

Fraud email example:

From: jimpeters@freenet.de
Date: Thu, 27 Mar 2008 09:34:48 +0100
Subject: contact my secretary in Benin for compensation


Attn; Dear Friend,
I\'m happy to inform you about my success in getting
those funds transferred under the cooperation of a new partner from
paraguay. Presently i\'m in
Paraguay 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.
Now contact my secretary in Benin his name
is mrs Rose David on (roseday900@yahoo.fr) ask him to send you the total
of $800.000.00 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
secretary Mrs rose 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 very
busy
here because of the investment projects which me and the new
partner are having at hand, 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
MRS ROSE DAY, he will send the amount to
you without any delay.
Regards,
Barrister Mark William


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