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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)
• 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.
  • walkerman0@sify.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "James Atkinson" <atkinson@hamdard.net.pk>
Reply-To: walkerman0@sify.com
Date: Mon, 7 Apr 2008 12:39:43 +0500
Subject: THANK YOU A MILLION TIMES, CONTACT MY SECRETARY FOR THE GOOD NEWS





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 an investment projects with my own share
of the total sum. Meanwhile,i didn't forget your past efforts and
attempts in assisting me in transferring those funds despite the fact
that it was alittle difficult some how.

Now you can contact my secretary his name Mr Mike Walkerman on :
walkerman0@sify.com and ask him to send you the total of $800.000 which
i kept for your compensation for the past efforts and attempts to assist
me in this matter. I appreciate all your efforts at that time. So feel
free and get in touch with my secretary Mike with these information so
he can send you a Certified bank check of $800,000 that i have already
made available to him to deliver to you as soon as you contact him :

1. Your Full Names
2. Mailing Address
3. Phone Number
4. Occupation
5. Country

Please do contact him immediately with these information so that we can
share the joy after all the struggle at that time. Presently am very
busy, you might not hear from me unless very urgent. I’m busy with my
new investment projects which me and the new partner are having at hand.

Finally, remember that I had forwarded instruction to my secretary on
your behalf to receive that money, so feel free to get in touch with
Mike walkerman, he will send the amount to you without any delay.

Regards,
James Atkinson

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