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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.
• 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.
  • suzanmensah@myway.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Mr David"<davidakkon@myway.com>
Date: Wed, 28 Feb 2007 09:03:46 -0500 (EST)
Subject: CONTACT SUZAN



>From Mr. David AkonAttn; Good Friend
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 Contract sum. mean while,i didn't forget your past efforts and attempts to assit me in transffering those funds despite thatit failed us some how.Now contact my secretary in Accra Ghana.
Her name is; Suzan Mensahe-Mail; suzanmensah@myway.com Telephone; +233-275615273
Ask her to send you the Draft what of $950.000.00 which i kept for your compensation 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 Suzan Mensah and instruct her where to send the 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 partiner are having at hand, finally,remember that i had forwarded instruction to my secretary on your behalf to release the Draft to you, so feel free to get intouch with Suzan Mensah to send the Draft to you without any delay.
Thanks and God blessWith Best Regards,Mr. David Akon



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