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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:

• 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.
  • +2348059769137 (Nigeria, prepaid mobile phone)

Fraud email example:

From: Mrs Vivian Obasi <leonor.pino@tie.cl>
Reply-To: rev_mike86@live.com
Date: Thu, 28 Aug 2008 16:27:08 -0700
Subject: Good Day.

Good Day.

I'm happy to inform you about my success in getting the Fund transferred
to a Swiss Account with the Cooperation of a new partner from Paraguay who
is an International businessman. Presently I'm in Paraguay for investment
projects with my own share of the total sum.Meanwhile I did not 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 contact is:


Name: Rev Mike Adams
Email: rev_mike86@live.com
Tell: +234-805-976-9137


Ask him to send you the total $1.7,000.000(one million seven hundred thousand
dollars) 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 touched with my secretary Rev Mike,
and instruct him where to send the amount to you. Please do let me know immediately
you receive it so That we can share the joy after all the suffer at that
time.


In the moment, I am very busy here because of the investment projects, which
the new partner and I are having at hand. Finally, remember that I had forwarded
instruction to my secretary on your behalf to receive that money, so feel
free to get in touch with Rev.Mike and he will send the amount to you without
any delay.


Best Regards.
Mrs Vivian Obasi

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