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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)
• This email message is a "New Partner from Paraguay" scam.

Fraud email example:

From: "DR USMAN" <hawwol_dept7@ig.com.br>
Reply-To: dr_usman_aliu@live.com
Date: Sat, 6 Sep 2008 04:17:07 -0700
Subject: Dear Friend,


*

Dear Friend,

I'm happy to inform you about my success in getting those funds transferred
under the cooperation of a new partner from Germany. Presently i'm in
Gernamy 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 secretary her name is Mrs Margerate Ayii through her e-mail,
**margerate_ayii69@live.com*<http://mail.mailig.ig.com.br/mc/compose?to=margerate_ayii69@live.com>
*Ask her to send you the total of {$1,250,000} one million,two hundred and
fifty thousand united states dollars in bank draft 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 Mrs Margerate Ayii and instruct her where
to send the bank draft.
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, Iâm very busy here
because of the investment projects which I and the new partner 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 Mrs
Margerate Ayii, she will send the amount to you without any delay.
Regards,
Dr Usman
*

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