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419 Scam – The "new partner from Paraguay" scam

The criminals send an email to victim, a total stranger, promising a check in reward for unspecified help in some former business. In the majority of the scam emails the sender tells you contact his "secretary" in Benin, but Nigeria and other countries also show up. In the most common version of email it mentions the businessman is with a new partner in Paraguay, but other countries are substituted too. Usually the amount of the check is $800,000, but it can vary.

If the victim then contacts the "secretary" as instructed, he/she will be told that the check is ready but the boss who signed it didn't leave cash for mailing it by courier, which the victims is to wire by Western Union (WU) or Moneygram (MG). It will not be mailed without payment.

Wire transfers by WU/MG are untraceable. You'll never get the promised payment while the real money you wired to Benin or Nigeria is lost to the criminals, who remain anonymous.

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Email from the "businessman":

From: Barr Oronto Markben [mailto:barrorontomarkben@msn.com]
Sent: Monday, October 24, 2005 2:48 AM
Subject: compensation.

Attn:My Dear,
I'm happy to inform you about my success in getting those funds transferred
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 it failed us some how.

Now contact my secretary,his name is LAWRENCE CHUKWUMA E-mail
lawrencechukwuma2005@yahoo.it



ask him to send you the total $800.000.00 which I kept for your
compensation for all the past efforts and attempts to assist me in this
matter. I appreciated your collective efforts at that time so feel free and
get in touch with my secretary LAWRENCE 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 sufferness at that time. in the moment, I am

very busy here in Paraguay because of the investment projects which myself
and the new partner are having at hand without confrontations, finally,
remember that I had forwarded instruction to the secretary on your behalf to

receive that money, so feel free to get in touch with LAWRENCE CHUKWUMA my
secretary he will send the amount to you without any delay.
With best regards,

Barr Orontomarkben.



Money demand from the "secretary"

Dear firstname

i thank for your mail of today concerning what you said as you knw that the draft has been issue on your name and i forgot to collect the deleivery fee from my boss before he leave to paraguay and there is no way i can deduct money from the draft


so sir i advice to go ahead and send the $ 100 so that i can dispach your draft without any delay and as sdoon as i send it i will send to you the tracking number to enable you track your draft

so use the name below to send the money

NDUKA CHARLES

4 OJO ROAD OGBA LAGOS NIGERIA

as soon as you send the money by western union money transfer do reconfirm the wire information

awating to hear from you
regards
MRS CELINA UDOYI

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Another typical reply in this scam:

Hello Good Friend

Good day, How are you today? I am writing to inform you that I have Paid the fee for your Cheque Draft. And I went to the bank to confirm if the Cheque has expired or getting near to expire and Mr.Ahmed Zafa the Director of Financial Trust Bank told me that before the cheque will get to your hand that it will expire.

So I told him to cash the $1.250,000.00 UNITED STATES DOLLARS to cash payment to avoid losting this funds.However, all the necessary arrangement of delivering the $1.250,000.00 UNITED STATES DOLLARS in cash was made with GLOBAL TRUST COURIER COMPANY here in Cotonou Benin Republic,
Mr.Ahmed Zafa the Director of Financial Trust Bank Cotonou have to package the sum of $1.250,000.00 in cash for me. Then he also agreed to help me to Register the Consignment with GLOBAL TRUST COURIER COMPANY. Infact I thank God very much for all the movement I made, every thing goes normally.
As for our agreement with the Global Trust Courier company they promised that your consignment will leave this Country on monday next week,But the Director of the GLOBAL TRUST COURIER COMPANY said that they need your contacts informations to able them meet up with you immediately the Diplomat Agent arrived to yourCountry.
Please write a letter of application to the given address below.

DR.CHRIS EBUBE
TEl: 00229-93-156635
EMAIL:gtcc_benin_197@yahoo.co.uk
Please, Send them your contacts information to able them locate you
immediately they arrived in your country with your BOX .This is what they
need from you.

1.YOUR FULL NAME.........................

2.YOUR HOME ADDRESS...................

3.YOUR CURRENT HOME TELEPHONE NUMBER..............

4.YOUR CURRENT OFFICE TELEPHONE............

5.A COPY OF YOUR PICTURE..............

6.YOUR AGE...................

Please make sure you send this needed info’s to the Director general of
Global Trust Courier Company Dr.Chris Ebube, with the address given to you.
Note.The Global Trust courier company don't know the contents of the Box. I
registered it as a BOX of an Africa cloths. They don't know it contents
money. this is to avoid them delaying with the BOX. don't let them know that
is money that is in that Box.

I am waiting for your urgent response. You can even call the Director of
Global Trust Courier
company with this line:00229-93156635
Thanks and Remain Blessed.

Mr.Alisa Donna,

Different country, same scam:

Dear FRiend,
Please do not be annoyed to hear this news as you know that the fault is not
from me. I'm happy to inform you about my success in getting those funds
transferred under the cooperation of a new partner from India. Presently i'm
in India 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 it failed us some how. Now contact my
secretary in Benin his name is Mr Jekwu Williams and his e-mail address
below.
mrjekwuwillams1@yahoo.com
Ask him to send you the total of $400.000.00 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 Mr Williams and let you and him discuss
where to send the amount to you.And i advise you to follow his instruction
to see that you receive the fund. Please do let me know immediately you
receive it so that we can share the joy after all the sufferness 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 the secretary on your behalf to receive that
money, so feel free to get in touch with Mr Jekwu Williams, he will send the
amount to you
without any delay.
Regards,
Barr John Edwin



Message headers: 

Message-ID: <BAY5-F10DAEB692271B0E2BCB3A6B5770@phx.gbl>
Received: from 81.91.235.235 by by5fd.bay5.hotmail.msn.com with HTTP;
 Mon, 24 Oct 2005 14:49:04 GMT
X-Originating-IP: [81.91.235.235]
X-Originating-Email: [johnedwin57@msn.com]
X-Sender: johnedwin57@msn.com
From: "John Edwin" <johnedwin57@msn.com>
Subject: COMPENSATION FROM BARR EDWIN
Date: Mon, 24 Oct 2005 14:49:04 +0000

WHOIS details for sending network (IP 81.91.235.235):

netname:      NTIC-OPT
inetnum:      81.91.235.224 - 81.91.235.255
netname:      NTIC-OPT
descr:        Office des Postes et Telecommunications (OPT)
descr:        Reseau Internet
country:      BJ
admin-c:      LA212-AFRINIC
tech-c:       AG2749-AFRINIC
tech-c:       FD331-AFRINIC
status:       ASSIGNED PA
remarks:      INFRA-AW
notify:       ril@intnet.bj
notify:       agbaholou@intnet.bj
mnt-by:       OPT-NTIC-MNT
mnt-lower:    OPT-NTIC-MNT
changed:      agbaholou@intnet.bj 20041008
changed:      hostmaster@afrinic.net 20050205
remarks:      data has been transferred from RIPE Whois Database 20050221
source:       AFRINIC

person:       Louis Agbaholou
address:      Office des Postes et Telecommications (OPT)
address:      Reseau Internet
address:      B.P. 5959
address:      Cotonou (Rep. du Benin)
phone:        +229 31 4990
fax-no:       +229 31 3843
e-mail:       agbaholou@intnet.bj
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mnt-by:       OPT-NTIC-MNT
nic-hdl:      LA212-AFRINIC
notify:       agbaholou@opt.bj
notify:       ril@intnet.bj
changed:      agbaholou@intnet.bj 20020727
changed:      hostmaster@afrinic.net 20050205
remarks:      data has been transferred from RIPE Whois Database 20050221
source:       AFRINIC

person:       Adolphe Gbedissin
address:      Office des Postes et Telecommications (OPT)
address:      Reseau Internet
address:      B.P. 5959
address:      Cotonou (Rep. du Benin)
phone:        +229 31 8888
fax-no:       +229 31 3843
e-mail:       gbedissin@intnet.bj
nic-hdl:      AG2749-AFRINIC
notify:       gbedissin@intnet.bj
changed:      gbedissin@intnet.bj 20010802
changed:      hostmaster@afrinic.net 20050205
remarks:      data has been transferred from RIPE Whois Database 20050221
source:       AFRINIC

person:       Franck Dossou
address:      Office des Postes et Telecommications (OPT)
address:      Reseau Internet
address:      B.P. 5959
address:      Cotonou (Rep. du Benin)
phone:        +229 31 8888
fax-no:       +229 31 3843
e-mail:       dosfrk@intnet.bj
nic-hdl:      FD331-AFRINIC
notify:       agbaholou@intnet.bj
notify:       ril@intnet.bj
mnt-by:       OPT-NTIC-MNT
changed:      agbaholou@intnet.bj 20020722
changed:      hostmaster@afrinic.net 20050205
remarks:      data has been transferred from RIPE Whois Database 20050221
source:       AFRINIC

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2005-03-01 19:08:15 UTCnavique_dame@zipmail.com.br
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2005-03-10 17:23:54 UTCade_williams2@zipmail.com.br
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2005-03-15 03:36:31 UTCtati_ana2005@zipmail.com.br
2005-03-15 15:35:05 UTCdoran_charity@zipmail.com.br
2005-03-16 21:00:36 UTCfrednonso@zipmail.com.br
2005-03-18 09:00:59 UTCmugutonnie2005@zipmail.com.br
2005-03-18 09:01:35 UTCmugutonnie2005@zipmail.com.br
2005-03-19 17:03:28 UTCjane_mupesa@zipmail.com.br
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2005-03-23 12:58:46 UTCgeorgeakpan11@yahoo.com
2005-03-26 03:47:59 UTCibrahim_kuta2004@zipmail.com.br
2005-03-27 13:19:43 UTCjudith_david2@zipmail.com.br
2005-04-02 07:33:19 UTCdreze_ahmed@zipmail.com.br
2005-04-02 07:55:30 UTCdreze_ahmed@zipmail.com.br
2005-04-03 18:14:34 UTCmrs.mariagabriela@zipmail.com.br
2005-04-04 18:24:53 UTCmugu_ton@zipmail.com.br
2005-04-05 15:54:11 UTCahmed_williams@zipmail.com.br
2005-04-06 22:31:37 UTCmugu_ton@zipmail.com.br
2005-04-07 11:45:39 UTCvivianne2005@zipmail.com.br
2005-04-10 01:00:32 UTCmugtton2001@plasa.com
2005-04-18 14:24:11 UTCsoatijani@terra.com.mx
2005-04-18 14:24:19 UTCsoatijani@terra.com.mx
2005-04-18 22:50:17 UTCgth_koffi@yahoo.co.uk
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2005-04-20 17:19:18 UTCamoku1@hotmail.com
2005-04-20 17:31:26 UTCamoku2@hotmail.com
2005-04-20 22:02:51 UTCalstarwason@terra.com.mx
2005-04-26 17:15:54 UTCbarrpauluguma@terra.com.mx
2005-05-02 09:47:24 UTCmrs_faith3@hotmail.com
2005-05-02 09:56:40 UTCmrs_faith3@hotmail.com
2005-05-02 11:15:43 UTCibrahim_abuya@terra.com.mx
2005-05-03 17:05:37 UTCmugtton2001@plasa.com
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2005-05-03 17:42:37 UTCmugtton2001@plasa.com
2005-05-04 17:05:03 UTCmrsmariad@hotmail.com
2005-05-04 18:56:02 UTCmartinalb@tsamail.co.za
2005-05-04 22:56:30 UTCa_some003@hotmail.com
2005-05-09 12:58:04 UTCalf.moku@zipmail.com.br
2005-05-18 08:33:07 UTCjohnsondavid@plasa.com
2005-05-18 15:06:37 UTCjudith-david@technisamail.co.za
2005-05-20 09:32:19 UTCjames_lauture@plasa.com
2005-05-20 10:21:22 UTCjames_lauture@plasa.com
2005-05-20 10:39:36 UTCjohnsondavid@plasa.com
2005-05-20 11:10:59 UTCjohnsondavid@plasa.com
2005-05-20 11:58:42 UTCjohnsondavid@plasa.com
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2005-05-23 15:33:50 UTCmugutonnie@plasa.com
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2005-05-23 15:38:21 UTCmugutonnie@plasa.com
2005-05-23 15:41:21 UTCmugutonnie@plasa.com
2005-05-23 15:42:24 UTCmugutonnie@plasa.com
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2005-05-23 16:27:30 UTCjohnsondavid@plasa.com
2005-05-23 16:43:25 UTCjohnsondavid@plasa.com
2005-05-24 04:02:36 UTCkoffi2854@yahoo.com
2005-05-30 10:51:49 UTCjohnsondavid@plasa.com
2005-06-15 17:47:56 UTCmugtton2001@plasa.com
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2005-06-30 18:53:55 UTCabu_mola_san1@walla.com
2005-07-08 12:17:40 UTCbarremelie1@albawaba.com
2005-08-05 23:40:52 UTCelias_john@walla.com
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2005-08-16 12:30:26 UTCelias_john@walla.com
2005-08-20 11:18:25 UTCbarrben2005@walla.com
2005-08-23 16:46:13 UTCmrsjanemupesa@kaixo.com
2005-08-23 18:19:15 UTCjamesokfor@yahoo.com
2005-08-24 01:27:20 UTCnelson_williams1@walla.com
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2005-08-24 02:12:30 UTCfrednonso2001@yahoo.co.uk
2005-08-24 02:14:09 UTCfrednonso2001@yahoo.co.uk
2005-08-24 02:19:07 UTCfrednonso2001@yahoo.co.uk
2005-08-24 02:27:01 UTCnelson_williams1@walla.com
2005-08-24 02:28:11 UTCnelson_williams1@walla.com
2005-08-24 02:31:23 UTCnelson_williams1@walla.com
2005-08-25 00:15:20 UTCprescioussmith@smithchambers.com
2005-08-27 02:51:36 UTCfrank4u2@o2.pl
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2005-08-29 13:02:21 UTCbarristermusa2007@walla.com
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2005-09-02 15:49:08 UTCsam_igwa01@apollo.lv
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2005-09-02 23:08:02 UTCdr_jefaku2@o2.pl
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