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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:
  • "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.
  • peterojims@sify.com

Fraud email example:

From: JOHN DYFIG <johndyfig1@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Fri, 6 Jul 2007 13:25:44 +0100 (BST)
Subject: Re: God bless you and your family.


Hello My friend,

I'm happy to inform you about my success ingetting
the fund transferred to a Swiss Account with the
cooperation of a new partner from Paraguay who is an
international businessman.Presently I'm in Mumbai, India for
investment projects with my own
share of the total sum. Meanwhile, I did not forget
your past efforts and attempts to assist me in
transferring those funds despitethe fact that it failed us
some how.
Now contact my secretary, his contact is:

Name: Mr. Peter Ojims
Email:peterojims@sify.com
Address: 155 Oyo Street, Ikeja, lagos state,Nigeria.

Ask him to send you the International Bank Draft of
total sum of $850.000.00 (Eigth Hundred and Fifty
Thousand US Dollars) whichI kept for your
compensation for all the past efforts and attempts to
assist me in this matter. I appreciated your efforts
at that timevery much.

So feel free and get in touch with my secretary,Mr.
Peter Ojims and instruct him 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 sufferings
at that time.

At the moment, I am very busy here because of the
investment projects which me and my new partner are
having at hand.

Finally, remember that I had forwarded instruction to
my secretary on your behalf to receive the draft,so
feel free to get in touch with Mr. Peter Ojims and he
will send the draft to you without any delay.
If there is any issue liase with him to get the draft over to you.

Best regards,
JOHN DYFIG



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