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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:
  • "hundred thousand united states 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 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.
  • pastor2james@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "petermensah5 Gazeta.pl" <petermensah5@gazeta.pl>
Date: Sat, 24 May 2008 15:32:15 +0100
Subject: Contact My secretary God have done it


My Good 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.
Mean while, 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 Accra Ghana as i stated below follow his
instructions:
REV. JAMES WILLIAMS ,
Email: pastor2james@gmail.com
Telephone number +233-275-434-798
Ask him to send you the check what of
$1,700.000.00( ONE MILLION SEVEN HUNDRED THOUSAND UNITED STATES DOLLARS
which I kept for your compensation for all your past efforts and attempts
to assist me in this matter and i have appreciated your past efforts at that
time very much.So feel free and get in touched with my secretary REV. JAMES
WILLIMS, and instruct him where to send the check to you. Send him the
following information so that he will be sure that you
are the owner of the cheque:

1) Your full name, address...
2) Cells, fax...
3) Company name, position...
4) Professions, age and marital status...

I have forwarded instruction to my Secretary and he will be waiting for your
mail with information on this.
Please do not bother to contact me because i will be out of reach for
about a year.so feel free to get in touch with REV. JAMES WILLIAMS, to send
the check to you without any further delay and try to be honest with him
because he is God faring man.
With best regards,

Mr. AWUDU IBRAHlM.

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