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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:

• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "dear friend" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "courier company" (Courier companies mentioned in 419 scams are always fake. They will have you send money to them, but won't deliver anything. )
• 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.
  • victor_sochima@yahoo.com

Fraud email example:

From: Ken Mando <service@photo.walgreens.com>
Reply-To: kenmando2000@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Thu, 24 May 2007 15:33:13 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: ACCEPT IT FROM ME FOR YOUR PAST EFFORT



Dear Friend,

Seasons greeting to you, i hope all is well together with your family,if so glory be to God

almighty.Well,Sorry to hear this news and understand 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 paraguay. Presently i'm in Paraguay for investment projects with my own

share of totalsum.mean while, i didn't forget your past efforts and attempts to assist me

intransferring this funds despite that it failed us some how.

Now contact my secretary in Benin his name is Mr victor sochima on his e-mail address

stated below:----------
EMAIL: (victor_sochima@yahoo.com) Ask him to send you the total Amount of

$800.000.00.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 and instruct him where to send the check and send

him your contact information like.
Your Full Name
Your Home Address
Your Phone Number
Your..Cell Number
Your Occupation
Your Country
Your Age
Sex ...
So that he will submit it to the courier company where i directed him for the check to be sent

to your designated address without any delay.

Please do let me know immediately if you receive it so that we can share the joy after all the

sufferness at that time ok I am very busy here because of the investment projects which me

and the new partner are having at hand,
THANK YOU
BEST REGARD.

KEN MANDO


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1) Visit the link below to access my photos on Walgreens.

Ken's photos

2) You'll be asked to type in your name and email address and then choose a password. This ensures the privacy of my pictures and also sets up your own password-protected account on Walgreens.

If the link above does not work, highlight the link below using your cursor. Then copy and paste the link into your browser address window and hit the "Enter" or "Return" key on your keyboard.

http://photo.walgreens.com/share/p=625241180045901164/l=11153797/g=15980490/cobrandOid=1009/otsc=SYE/otsi=SALB

3) If you'd like, you can easily order reprints or enlargements of my photos, right from Walgreens. Just select Order Prints while viewing my photos to place an order.

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