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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.
• 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.
  • +22990931774 (Benin, probably a prepaid mobile phone)
• 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.
  • marriot.david@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: (sent from abused email account)
Date: Sat, 8 Nov 2008 10:15:15 +0000 (GMT)
Subject: CLAIM YOUR COMPENSATION


 

Hello,       
I'm happy to inform you about my success in getting
the fund transferred under the cooperation of a new
partner from El Salvador .
Presently I'm in El Salvador  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 the realization of this
endeavour despite the fact that it failed us some how
because you find it hard to believe me as at that
time. Now contact my church pastor,his name is PASTOR  David  marriot  
and  his  email address is
marriot.david@yahoo.com   TEL +229 90931774
Ask  him to send you a
cashiers bank  draft  of USD$120.000. which I kept for you
as compensation for all the past efforts and attempts
to assist me in this endeavour. I appreciated your
time and efforts as at that time very much. So feel
free and get in touched with my church pastor and
instruct him  where to send the amount to you. Please do let me know
immediately you receive it so
that we can share the joy after all the doubt and fear
as at that time. Many of life's failure are people who
do not realize how close they were to success, when
they gave up.As at 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 pastor on your behalf . So feel free to get in touch
with him and he will send
the amount to you without any delay.
with best regards
Charles   Mensah

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