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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)
  • "i will like you to " (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "cotonou" (a location commonly mentioned 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.
  • sana.williams1@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Alexander Bruce" <bruce.alexander@klikni.cz>
Date: Fri, 23 May 2008 18:14:48 +0200
Subject: CONTACT: Sana.williams


Hello my good friend.
How are you today? Hope all is well with you and your family?, You may not
understand why this mail came to you.But if you do not remember me,you might
have receive an email from me in the past regarding a multi-million-dollar
business proposal which we never concluded.I am using this opportunity to
inform you that thismulti-million-dollar business,has been concluded with
the assistance of another partner from Germany who financed the transaction
to a logical conclusion.
I thank you for your great effort to our unfinished transfer of fund into
your account due to one reason or the other best known to you. But I want
to inform you that I have successfully transferred the fund out of my
bank to my new partner's account in Germany that was capable of assisting
me in this great venture.
Due to your effort, sincerity, courage and trust worthiness You showed
during the course of the transaction.I want to compensate you and show my
gratitude to you with the sum of $800,000, I have left a certified
international bank draft for you worth of $800,000 cashable anywhere in
the world. eight hundred thousand dollars only.

My dear friend I will like you to contact my Account Officer at Heritage
Bank Plc Sana.williams. on her direct email address at: [
sana.williams1@gmail.com] for the collection of your bank draft.I
authorized her to release the Bank Draft to you whenever you contact her
regarding for it.

At the moment, I'm very busy here because of the investment projects, which
I and the new partner are having at hand.Please I will like you to accept
this token with good faith as this is from the bottom of my heart,Also
comply with Mrs.Sana.willia so that she will send the draft to you without
any delay.

CONTACT: Sana.williams
Account Officer,
Cotonou, Benin Republic,
Her email address:[sana.williams1@gmail.com]

Kind Regards
Dr. Alexanre Bruce

Anti-fraud resources:

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