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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)
• 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.
  • odinakachambers1@hotmail.fr (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "PETER JOHN" <peter_john_20@ig.com.br>
Date: Thu, 7 Aug 2008 01:17:38 +0100
Subject: Contact my personal lawyer


Dear Friend,

How are you together with your family i hope that all is moving well if so
glory be to God our creator amen i am sorry for not contacting you since is
because i am very busy here in Paraguay now i want you to share the joy with
me after all the sufferness at that time God is with us I'm happy to inform
you about my success in getting those funds transferred under the
co-operation of a new partner from Paraguay .

Presently i'm in Paraguay 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 personal lawyer, his name is Hillary Odinaka his email
address is (odinakachambers1@hotmail.fr) Contact him now and discuss with
him on how you will receive your bank draft worth of USD$1.5m for your past
effort.

I appreciated your efforts at that time very much. 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'm very busy here because of the
investment projects which me and the new partner are having at hand,
finally, remember that I have forwarded instruction to the secretary on your
behalf to receive that money, so feel free to get in touch with Hillary he
will send the amount to you without any delay.

Regards,
Peter John

Anti-fraud resources:

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