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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)
  • "i have a new email address!" (this SPAM email was probably sent to thousands of people)
• 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.
  • +2348082847421 (Nigeria, 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.
  • eric.williams63@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
  • alert_security_home12@hotmail.com

Fraud email example:

From: eric williams <eric.williams63@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: willaims_e@yahoo.dk
Date: Wed, 28 Jan 2009 00:14:40 -0800 (PST)
Subject: DEAR FRIEND


I have a new email address!You can now email me at: eric.williams63@yahoo.com



- My Dear Friend,How are you today? , hope all is well. I know quite well that this mail will come to you as a suprise after a long time.I'm happy to inform you about my success in getting those fund stransferred under the cooperation of a new partner from Paraguay.Presently I’m in Paraguay 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 we failed some how. Now contact my secretary in Nigeria his name Mr Kenneth Colvin on Email address: alert_security_home12@hotmail.com Phone:234-808-284-7421 Inform him that I emailed you and requested you to contact hom so that he will send to you the sum of US$1,400.000.00 which I and my partner kept for your compensations for all the past efforts and attempt 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 Kenneth Colvin 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 sufferings at that time. in the moment, 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 that money, so feel free to get in touch with him, he will send the amount to you without any delay.Best Regards,Mr. Eric Williams.

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