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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.
  • obaezeogu01@yahoo.fr (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "paul obi" <paulobi2@gala.net>
Date: Wed, 9 Jul 2008 11:22:39 +0200
Subject: CONTACT MY SERCETARY


Atten:My Dear,

I'm happy to inform you about my success in getting those funds transferred
under the cooperation of a new partner from paraguay. Presently I'm in
Paraguay for investment projects with my own share of the total sum. mean
while,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 his name is MR OBAEZE OGU 01 EMAIL ADDRESS
obaezeogu01@yahoo.frask him to send you the total $800.000.00 which I
kept for your compensation
for all the past efforts and
attempts to assist me in this matter. I appreciated your collective efforts
at that time so feel free and get in touch with my secretary MR OBAEZE OGU
01and instruct him where to send the amount to you by recomfirming your
address to him as it is bellow.

your full name.....................

home or office address.............

phone number......................

country location.................

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 in Paraguay because of the investment projects which myself and the new
partner are having at hand without confrontations, finally, remember that I
had forwarded instruction to the secretary on your behalf to receive
that money, so feel free to get in to touch with Mr ObaezeOgu01 my secretary
he will send the amount to you without any delay. Email:..Address
obaezeogu01@yahoo.fr



THANK

Your regards
ARONUOKOLO

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