419 scam: "Mr. Mark Eze" <eze_mark@ymail.com> Hello my good friend

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"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam

The so-called "419" scam is a type of fraud dominated by criminals from Nigeria and other countries in Africa. Victims of the scam are promised a large amount of money, such as a lottery prize, inheritance, money sitting in some bank account, etc.

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.

Keep in mind that scammers DO NOT use their real names when defrauding people.
The criminals either abuse names of real people or companies or invent names or addresses.
Any real people or companies mentioned below have NO CONNECTION to the scammers!

Read more about such scams here or in our 419 FAQ. Use the Scam-O-Matic to verify suspect emails.

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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.
- +2348068740861 (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.
- mrs.saraholu@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Mr. Mark Eze" <eze_mark@ymail.com>
Date: Wed, 5 Sep 2012 16:18:31 -0500
Subject: Hello my good friend

I'm happy to inform you about my success in getting the fund transferred
to a Swiss Account with the cooperation of a new partner from Paraguay who
is an international business man. Presently I'm in Paraguay for investment
projects with my own share of the total sum. Meanwhile, I did not forget
your past efforts and attempts to assist me in transferring those funds
despite that it failed us some how.
Now contact my secretary with this information below:

Name: Mrs.Sarah Olu
Email: mrs.saraholu@yahoo.com
Tel: 234-8068740861

Ask her to send you the total $850.000.00 (Eight Hundred and Fifty
Thousand US Dollars) which I kept for your compensation for all the 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 touched with my
secretary Mrs.Sarah Olu and instruct her 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 am very busy
here because of the investment projects which I 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 that
Mrs.Sarah Olu, and she will send the amount to you without any delay.

With best regards,
Mr. Mark Eze
Former Director Telex Wire (CBN)

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