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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:

• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "dear friend" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
• This email message is a "New Partner from Paraguay" scam.

Fraud email example:

From: "petnelson4102 Gazeta.pl" <petnelson4102@gazeta.pl>
Date: Mon, 26 May 2008 16:06:42 +0200
Subject: CONTACT MY SECRETARY FOR YOUR COMPANSATION


My Dear Friend,

Greetings to you dear; it is quite unfortunate that i contacted you
through this way;How is your life dear? with God all things are possible.
I'm happy to inform you about my optimistic success in getting those funds
transferred under the cooperation of a new partner from holland. Presently
I'm in holland 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 Benin Republic his name is Mr mac collins mail is (
mac.collins@yhooo.fr ) ask him to send you the total $950.000.00, (nine
hundred and fifity thousand dollar) 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 intouched with my
secretary Mr mac collins 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?m 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 the secretary
on your behalf to receive that money, so feel free to get in touch with Mr
mac collins he will sends the amount to you without any delay.

THANKS
YOURS FAITHFULLY
PET NELSON

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