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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 "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.
  • ritajohn2@hotmail.fr (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "mohamedbadamasi002 Gazeta.pl" <mohamedbadamasi002@gazeta.pl>
Date: Fri, 30 May 2008 19:54:49 +0100
Subject: COMPENSATION


My Dear ,

Sorry to hear this news and understand that the fault is not from me.

I'm happy to inform you about my success in getting those funds
transferred under the co-operation of a new partner from South Korea.


Presently ,I'm in South Korea 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 her name is Mrs Rita John on her-email
address below.

ritajohn2@hotmail.fr


Ask her to send you the total of $700.000.00 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 touch with my secretary Mrs Rita and instruct her where to send the
amount to you.


Please do let me know immediately you receive it so that we can share
joy after all the suffering at that time.

At 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 the secretary on your behalf to receive
that money, So feel free to get in touch with Mrs Rita John .He will
send the amount to you without any delay

ok.

Regards,
Mohamed Badamasi

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