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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:
  • "from the desk of" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "barrister" (Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.)
• This email message is a "New Partner from Paraguay" scam.
• Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.
• 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.
  • barr22clement@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Barrister Collins Onwa <barr_collins_onwa@yahoo.com>
Date: Tue, 28 Aug 2007 15:33:22 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: COMPENSATION


FROM THE DESK OF COLLINS ONWA
Dear ,

Due to my tight schedules I could not contact you earlier before now.

The business later became successful with the cooperation of a new partner from India.
Presently I'm in New Delhi,India with my partner for some projects. Meanwhile,I did not forget your past efforts and attempts to assist me in that process despite that it failed us at that time.
Now, I want you to contact my secretary, his name is Barrister Clement Ibeh and his email address is: barr22clement@yahoo.com . ask him to send you the total sum of ( $800,000.00) which I kept for your compensation for all the past efforts and attempts to
assist me in that matter. I appreciated your efforts at that time very much. So feel free and get in touch with my secretary( kenny benson) and instruct him where to send the Draft to you.

Please do let me know immediately you contact him to receive it, so that we can share the joy after all the sufferings at
that time. In the moment,I am very busy here because of the projects which I and the new partner are having at hand. Finally,
remember that I had forwarded instruction to my secretary on your behalf to receive that Draft, so feel free to get in touch with (KENNY BENSON) and he will send the Draft to you without any delay.

Once again his email address is barr22clement@yahoo.com , you have to contact him immediately.


Best regards,

COLLINS ONWA


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