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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:
  • "lagos" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
• 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.
  • mrs_thelma_williams3@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: engr francis martins <engr_francis_martins@yahoo.com>
Date: Thu, 27 Jul 2006 05:23:56 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: CONTACT MY SECRETARY TO RECIEVE YOUR COMPENSATION FOR YOUR PAST EFFORTS!!!


INDO-NIG GROUP LTD. LAGOS-NIGERIA
622 Sam Road Sanusi Fafunwa
Victoria Island
Lagos Nigeria

Dear Reverend Isaac Beytah,

How are you and your humble family today?. I'm happy to inform you about our success in getting the fund transferred under the cooperation of a new partner from Paraguay.

Presently Iam in Paraguay for investment projects with my own share of the total contract sum. Meanwhile, I didn't forget your past efforts and attempts to assist us in despite that it failed us some how that time. Note that I will not be able to access my mail until last week of September.

Now contact my secretary, her name is Mrs.Thelma Williams and her email address is (mrs_thelma_williams3@yahoo.com ) ask her to send you the total $500.000.00,(FIVE HUNDERED THOUSAND DOLLARS) draft which I kept for your compensation for all your past efforts and attempts in assisting us in this matter. I appreciated your efforts at that time very much and may God continue to reward your good gestures..

So feel free and get in touch with my secretary Mrs. Thelma Williams and instruct her on where to send the Draft containing the money to you by confirming to her your full name and address to send it to.

Please do let me know immediately you receive it so that we can share the joy after all the suffer ness at that time. In the moment, I am very busy here because of the investment projects, which the new partner and I are having at hand and because of this I may not be able to check my mail until first week of September, 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 Mrs. Thelma Williams and she will send the amount to you without any delay.

Note I have attempted to call you but all effort failed and I had to send you a mail, which I guessed belong to you.

With best regards
Engr. Francis Martins



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