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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.
• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  
• 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.
  • godwin_paore100@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "godwin paore" <godwinpa12@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 27 May 2008 20:12:42 +0000
Subject: Hello


Good day ,

This message might meet you in utmost surprise however it's just my urgent
need for a reliable foreign partner that made me contact you for this
transaction.
I am a banker by profession from Burkina Faso and
currently holding the post of Accounts and Auditing Manager in our bank .
I have the opportunity of transferring 7.8 million USD abandoned by a
deceased customer who died along with his wife in a sucide bomb attack while
on holidays in Egypt.

Hence, I am inviting you for a business deal where this money can be shared
between us 60/40 if you agree to my business proposal. If you are interested
in being part of this transaction , kindly reach on my private and
confidential email address :godwin_paore100@yahoo.com

Eagerly waiting for your response may god bless you.
GODWIN PAORE

Anti-fraud resources:

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