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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)
  • +2347093269561
• 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.
  • moses_afolabi@hotmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: (sent from abused email account)
Date: Sat, 18 Oct 2008 12:44:11 +0200 (CEST)
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.MOSES AFOLABI in Abuja-Nigeria
Africa with this information stated below:

====================================================
Name:MR. MOSES AFOLABI
Email: moses_afolabi@hotmail.com
Tell:+234 709 326 9561
=====================================================

Please Send MR. MOSES AFOLABI 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.MOSES AFOLABI 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.
MOSES AFOLABI)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. JAMES ALUWE.

TEL: +447031917701
+447045724335

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