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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)
  • "00,000.00" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
• 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.
  • johnchidera@hotmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "=?iso-8859-1?Q?peteruzo24@aliceadsl.fr?=" <peteruzo24@aliceadsl.fr>
Date: Fri, 12 Sep 2008 14:16:04 +0200
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?contact_my_secretary?=


Dear friend,

I'm happy to inform you about my success in getting the fund transferred
under the cooperation of the new partner from Venezuela . Presently i'm in
Venezuela 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 in Nigeria,his name is Mr. John Chidera and his email
address is johnchidera@hotmail.com and ask him to send you the total $1.200,000.00
which i kept for your compensation for all the past efforts and attempts to
assist me in this matter. I and instruct himwhere to send the amount to
you.appreciated your efforts to assist despite that you later disappointed me.

so feel free and get in touched with my secretary Mr John, 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 am 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.John Chidera and he
will send the amount to you without any delay.


Regards

Peter Uzo


---------------------- ALICE N°1 de la RELATION CLIENT 2008*--------------------
Découvrez vite l'offre exclusive ALICE BOX! En cliquant ici http://abonnement.aliceadsl.fr Offre soumise à conditions.*Source : TNS SOFRES / BEARING POINT. Secteur Fournisseur d.Accès Internet

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