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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:

• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "dear friend" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "from the desk of" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "cotonou" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
• This email message is a "New Partner from Paraguay" scam.

Fraud email example:

From: "george lawson" <lawson12@nsk.biz>
Date: Fri, 5 Sep 2008 18:12:05 +0200
Subject: Now contact my secretary for your Wining Bank Draft..


FROM THE DESK OF LAWSON GEORGE
DIRECTOR OF IVESTMENT PROJECTS
HOLDING AND ESTATE BULIDERS PARAGUAY

Hello Dear Friend,

Complement of the season,i hope all is well together with you and your
family if so glory be to GOD almighty. Well, Sorry to hear this news and
understand that the fault is not from me.

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.
meanwhile,i didn't forget your past efforts and attempts to assist me in
transferring those funds that failed us some how.

Now contact my secretary in Cotonou Benin Republic his name is Mr Alex
Chinedu a on his e-mail contact below: alex_chinedu607@live.fr Ask him to
send you the total sum of $1.2million USD 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
intouched with my secretary Mr Alex Chinedu and instruct him where to send
the amount to you.

please this is the information you will send to him ok.
your full Name.....................
your house Address..................
your Telephone number................
your occupation......................
your country.........................

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, Iam very busy here
because of the investment projects which me and the new partner are having
at hand.

Finally, remember that I had forwarded instruction to the secretary on your
behalf to receive that money,so feel free to get in touch with Mr Alex
Chinedu,he will send the amount to you without any delay as i instructed him
ok.

Best Regards,
DR LAWSON GEORGE

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