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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)
• 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.
  • jameswilly1@yahoo.com.hk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: (sent from abused email account)
Reply-To: jameswilly1@yahoo.com.hk
Date: Sat, 25 Oct 2008 06:11:29 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: Very Important...


¡Tengo nueva dirección de correo!Ahora puedes escribirme a:inforobin56@yahoo.com.co



- Dear friend,Hope this mail find you in an excellent condition of health. I'm happy to inform you about my success in getting those funds transferred under the co-operation of a new partner from paraguay. Presently i'm in south korea for an 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 Benin Republic his name is Mr. James Williams and his email address is: jameswilly1@yahoo.com.hk ask him to send you the total $3,000.000.OO which I kept for your compensation for all your 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 touch with my personal secretary Mr.James Williams and instruct him how to send the money to you. I am compensating due to the fact that your information which you sent to me during the transaction is what i used to pull this fund, my partner from paraguay only financed the transaction. Please email me immediately when you receive it so that we can share the joy after all the sufferings at that time. I'm 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 my secretary on your behalf to receive those moneys feel free to get in touch with Mr.James Williams he will send the amount to you without any delay.

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