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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 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:
  • "j'ai une nouvelle adresse mail" (this SPAM email was sent to thousands of people)
• 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.
  • james1004john@yahoo.fr (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
  • kkenene@myway.com

Fraud email example:

From: =?iso-8859-1?q?james=20john?= <james1004john@yahoo.fr>
Date: Sun, 26 Mar 2006 19:06:34 +0000 (GMT)
Subject: My dear friend,


J'ai une nouvelle adresse mailVous pouvez maintenant m'écrire à : james1004john@yahoo.fr

My dear friend,


So far so good, I'm happy to inform you about my success in getting those funds

transferred under the co-operation of a new partner from Japan.


Presently I’m in Japan 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 Cotonou Benin Republic his name is mrs benita

james,on telephone number +229 93 99 51 80 and mail: kkenene@myway.com) ask

him to send you the total $800,000.00 bank draft which i raised in your favor

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 benita james, and instruct him where

to send the bank draft 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’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, so feel free to contact him now to

enable him send your money to you without any delay.


My regards to you and your family,


Mr. Koffi



- james john

Anti-fraud resources:

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