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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:
  • "cotonou" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
• 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.
  • +22993231662 (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.
  • secratarygeorge_eze@myway.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Chukus Nnamdi <chuks_nnamdi01@yahoo.com>
Date: Tue, 11 Jul 2006 05:02:03 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: From your friend Mr.Chuks Nnamdi


My dear Amarjit Singh,

I'm happy to inform you about my success in getting
those funds transffered under the cooperation of
a new partiner 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 assit
me in transffering those funds despite that it failed
us somehow.

Now contact my secretary in cotonou Benin Rep.
His name is George Ezenna
Email:secratarygeorge_eze@myway.com.
His telephone number is 00229-93231-662

Ask him to send you the total $950.000.00 which i
kept for your compersation for all your past efforts
and attempts to assist me in this matter.i appreciated
your efforts at that time very much.so feel free and
get intouched with my secretary George 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'm very busy here because
of the investment projects which me and the new
partiner are having at hand,

finally,remember that i had forwarded instruction to the secretary on your
behalf to receive those money,so feel free to get
intouch with George to send the amount to you without
any delay.

with best regards,
Mr.Chuks Nnamdi



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