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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)
  • ",000,000" (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)
  • "00,000.00" (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 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.
  • eddydouglas_services3@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "prince services" <prince_services5@klikni.cz>
Date: Sat, 24 May 2008 10:37:26 +0200
Subject: Your money through ATM Card/compensation


*Your money through ATM Card/compensation*
**
*Dear ,

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 Bolivia.

Presently I'm in Bolivia 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 Rep. of **Benin** his name is: Mr. Eddy Douglas
E-mail: **eddydouglas_services3@yahoo.com*<http://us.f635.mail.yahoo.com/ym/Compose?To=eddydouglas_services3@yahoo.com>

*Ask him to send you the total of $1,000,000.00 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 Mr. Douglas and instruct
him where to send the amount to you through ATM Card.

Please do let me know immediately you receive it so that we can share the
joy after all we have sufferred at that time. At the moment, I am very busy
here because of the investment projects program which the new partner and i
are having at hand, finally, remember that I had forwarded instruction to
the secretary on your behalf to receive that money, so feel free and get in
touch with Mr. Douglas, he will send the amount to you without any delay.

Regards,
MR. Ransome Kuti*

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