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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:
  • "million 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)
  • "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.
  • william_emma_2002@yahoo.fr (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "edwinken8 Gazeta.pl" <edwinken8@gazeta.pl>
Date: Mon, 26 May 2008 15:22:05 +0200
Subject: GOOD DAY/ RESPONSE IMMEDIATELY


Antt; Dear

How are you my 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'm 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 despite that it failed us some how.

Now contact my secretary,his name is Mr. william emma EMAIL ADDRESS:
william_emma_2002@yahoo.fr ask him to send you the total $1.200,000.00
Million Dollars in cash which I kept for your compensation for all the past
efforts and attempts to assist me in this matter. I appreciated your
collective efforts at that time so feel free and get in touch with my
secretary and instruct him where to send the amount to you by recomfirming
your address to him as it is bellow.

your full name.................
home or office address............
phone number..................
country location................
YOUR AGE .......................

Please do let me know immediately you receive it so that we can share the
joy after all the suffer at that time. in the moment, I am very busy here in
Paraguay because of the investment projects which myself and the new partner
are having at hand without confrontations, 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 william Emma my secretary he will send
the amount to you without any delay.

Thanks.

Your regards.
MR. EDWIN KEN

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