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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:
  • "dear friend" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "remain blessed" (scammers in West Africa like to use religious phrases)
• 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.
  • +447045726644 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)
• 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.
  • reevesmart@yahoo.fr (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "robertson william" <will4547@livedoor.com>
Date: Wed, 25 Jun 2008 21:48:59 +0100
Subject: CONTACT MARTIN REEVES FOR YOUR COMPENSATION


Dear Friend
I'm happy to inform you about my success in getting the fund released and
transferred to Dutch bank Germany, under the cooperation of a new partner
from Paraguay.
Presently I'm in Paraguay,planing how to invest my fund,he assisted me to
retrieve the money from the Barclays Bank,meanwhile,I didn't forget your
past efforts and attempts to assist me in transferring the fund despite that
it failed us somehow.

Now contact my secretary, his Name is Mr Martin Reeves,and his email address
is(reevesmart@yahoo.fr) or call him on TEL: +44 704 572 6644,
FAX: +44 7005 942 135
Ask my secretary to send you the total of $350,000.00 (Three Hundred and
Fifty THousand Dollars) which I mapped for your compensation for all the
past efforts and attempts to assist me in this matter.

Note that already I have written a check worth of that value on your name, I
appreciated your efforts at that time,so feel free and get in touch with my
secretary (Martin Reeves),and instruct him where to send the check to you.

Please, do let me know immediately you receive it so that we can share the
joy after all the sufferings, and stress at that time, I am very busy here
because of the investment projects which I and the new partner are having at
hand.

Thanks, and remain blessed.
William Robertson

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