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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:
  • "abuja" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
• This email message is a "New Partner from Paraguay" scam.
• Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.
• 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.
  • ben_alex_barrister1@yahoo.fr (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
  • 3aben_alex_barrister1@yahoo.fr

Fraud email example:

From: "uju igweze" <ujuigweze@mail.mn>
Date: Thu, 5 Jun 2008 20:08:47 -0700
Subject: LETTER FROM UJU IGWEZE


Dear Client,

Hope this mail finds you in an excellent condition of health.

I'm happy to inform you about my success in getting those funds transferred
under the cooperation of a new partner from Peru. Presently, I'm in Peru 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 i want you to contact MR BEN ALEX, the bank manager HSBC bank in Abuja
Nigeria via his e-mail informations as below to advise you on how your
compensation fund $950,000 USD which i deposited in HSBC bank will transfer
to you.

Contact person:MR BEN ALEX
E-mail:ben_alex_barrister1@yahoo.fr <E-mail%3Aben_alex_barrister1@yahoo.fr>
Country:Abuja Nigeria
Tel;+23417416082

Please,do not hestate to ask her to wire you the total sum $950.000.00
dollars which i kept for your compensation for all your 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 the MR BEN ALEX, as i
directed above and instruct him where to wire 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 am 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 MR BEN
ALEX. the bank manager HSBC Bank on your

behalf to receive that money, She will wire the amount to you without any
delay.

Regards,
UJU IGWEZE

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