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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)
  • "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 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.
  • +22993872699 (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.
  • george_akume002@yahoo.fr (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "barrpeter don" <barrpeterdon@klikni.cz>
Date: Sun, 18 May 2008 16:45:34 +0100
Subject: CONTACT MY SECRETARY IMMEDIATELY FOR YOUR COMPENSATION


Attn, My 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 am 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 .

Now contact my secretary, his name is George Akume on (
george_akume002@yahoo.fr)Or(phone number +229-9387-2699+2293050699)he will
direct you to the security organisation where i lodged the total
$2,500.000.00TWO MILLION FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND USDOLLARS ONLY 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
touch with my secretary and provide him the below informations to enable him
identify you as per my instruction and he will direct you on how to collect
the compensation If you are so busy to pick it up yourself.

Please fill the gaps below to enable him reach to you safely.
FULLNAME:.....................................
CURRENT MAILING ADDRESS:.......................
HOME TELEPHONE NUMBER:........................
OFFICE NUMBER:.................................
OCCUPATION.......................................
COUNTRY..........................................
A COPY OF YOUR PICTURE
SEX.............................................
AGE.............................................

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 am 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 Mr. George Akume he will comply with you without any delay.

With kind regards.
Barrister Peter Agu Don

Anti-fraud resources:

• What can you do when you receive 419 spam