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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 state 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)
  • "united state dollar" (this email uses bad English)
• This email message is a "New Partner from Paraguay" scam.
• This email lists mobile phone numbers. Use of such numbers is typical for scams because they allow criminals to conceal their true location. They can receive calls in an Internet cafe from where they send you emails, while pretending to be in some office.
  • +447045766519 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)
  • +2348082998854 (Nigeria, prepaid mobile phone)
• 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.
  • fbplcnig@hotmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: dncn.bali50@gmail.com
Reply-To: fbplcnig@hotmail.com
Date: Wed, 28 May 2008 13:09:22 +0100
Subject: THANKS FOR YOUR PAST EFFORT


Attn

I'm happy to inform you about my success in getting the fund transferred to
a Swiss Account with the cooperation of a new partner from England who is an
international business man.

Presently I'm in England for investment projects with my own share of the
total sum. Meanwhile, I did not forget your past efforts and attempts to
assist me in transferring those funds despite that it failed us some how
that is why I decided to compensate you.

Now contact my bankers Fidelity Bank Plc, here is there contact:

Name: Mr. Willie Obiano
Email: fbplcnig@hotmail.com
Tel: +234-8082998854

Ask them to send you the total $800,000.00 (Eight Hundred Thousand United
State Dollars) 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 bankers and instruct them where to send the Money 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 am very busy
here because of the investment projects which I and the new partner are
having at hand.

Finally, remember that I had forwarded instruction to my bankers on your
behalf to receive that money, so feel free to get in touch with Mr.Willie
Obiano and he will send the amount to you without any delay.

You can as well call me for more discussion +44-704-5766-519

Regards,
Mr. Duncan A. Bali

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