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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.
• 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.
  • +447031917701 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)
  • +2348025955752 (Nigeria, prepaid mobile phone)
• 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.
  • joseph_adebola@hotmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: OLAJIDE JOHNSON <olajidejohnson@easycyberconnect.net>
Date: Fri, 29 Aug 2008 00:41:35 -0400
Subject: MY GOOD FRIEND







To: My Good Friend

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 Dublin,Republic of Ireland for investment projects with my own share of the total Contract 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 MR.JOSEPH ADEBOLA in Abuja-Nigeria Africa with this information stated below:

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Name:MR. JOSEPH ADEBOLA
Email: joseph_adebola@hotmail.com
Tell:+234-8025-955-752
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Please Send MR. JOSEPH ADEBOLA this information's now and Call him at your own convinient time or send him an email with the below information:

Your FullName:_______________________________________
Full Address:________________________________________
Company Name:_________________________________________
Tell/Cell:_________________________________________
Amount: _USD$1,250,000_________________________________________
Form of ID:______________________________________

Remember that you have to send him this information correct in other to get to the bank manager to issue the Bank Draft in your full name because I don't want him to make any mistake on this.Ask Him to send you the Draft with a total face value of USD$1,250,000.00(One Million Two Hundred and Fifty Thousand United States Dollar Only) which I kept for your compensation for all your past efforts and attempt to assist me in this matter. I appreciate your efforts at that time very much. So feel free and get in touched with my secretary MR.JOSEPH ADEBOLA and tell him when to send the Draft to you such as your name and address where you want the money to be send to.

Please do let me know immediately you receive it so that we can share the joy together after all our sufferings at that time you are trying to help me to move the funds out of my country. At this moment I'm very busy here because of the investment projects which me and the new partner are having at hand I just use this little time I have to send you this email so if I did not get back to your email after this email please pardon me,finally,remember that I have instruct my secretary on your behalf to receive the ChecK,so feel free to getin-touch with my secretary (MR. JOSEPH ADEBOLA)who is in position to send the Check to you after due process with the bank and try to behonest with him because he is a very good and trusted man,

You should notify me on receiving the compensation money from him.

Best Regards

MR. JOHNSON OLAJIDE.

TEL: +447031917701
+447045724335

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