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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)
  • "hundred thousand us dollars" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
• 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.
  • +2348052637005 (Nigeria, 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.
  • desmondiweala@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
  • 3adesmondiweala@yahoo.com

Fraud email example:

From: "musa ahmed" <ahmedmusa10@mailbox.hu>
Date: Mon, 19 May 2008 12:27:51 +0100
Subject: CONTACT MY SECRETARY(desmondiweala@yahoo.com )


CONTACT MY SECRETARY(desmondiweala@yahoo.com )




Dear Friend,

I'm happy to inform you about my success in getting
the fund transferred to a Swiss Account with the
co-operation of a new partner from araguay who is an
international business man.

Presently I'm in Paraguay for investment projects with
my own share of the total sum. Meanwhile, I did not
forget your past efforts and attempts to assist me in
transferring those funds despite that it failed us
some how.

Now contact my secretary, his contact is:
Name: MR.DESMOND IWEALA
Email Address:desmondiweala@yahoo.com <Address%3Adesmondiweala@yahoo.com>
Tel:+234 8052637005

Ask him to send you the total $1.5Million (One Million
Five Hundred Thousand US Dollars)International
Cashier's Bank Draft payment 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 MR.DESMOND IWEALA 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 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
my secretary on your behalf how you will receive that money, so
feel free to get in touch with Mr.DESMOND IWEALA
and he will send the amount to you without any delay.

I once again Thank you very much for all your initial
efforts and attempts to assist me in this transaction.

With best regards
AHMED MUSA
Former CBN Finance/Director

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