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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:
  • "million pounds" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
• 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.
  • stellajhnson2002@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Mr Dennis Stevenson <mrdes00008@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Sun, 15 Jun 2008 14:09:22 +0000 (GMT)
Subject: Now contact my secretary


My Dear Good Friend,

Greetings to you and to your family, Its been a very Long time now that we communicated last both through email and tell phone, if you can recall back you will understand whom i am, Am Mr Dennis Stevenson, i have seek for your help in the past for a transfer of 15 Million Pounds, from our bank, which i told you that the owner of the funds has die without any will. You really tried to help me to get the Transfer done, but later you didn,t help me again to get the transfer done, Now I am very happy to inform you about my success in getting those funds transferred under the cooperation of a new partner from India Presently i am in India Since 3 Days now for investment projects with my own share of the total sum. meanwhile,i didn't forget your past efforts and attempts to assist me in transferring those funds despite that it failed us some how.

Now contact my secretary through her email, her name is Mrs.Stella Johnson, her email address is this {stellajhnson2002@yahoo.co.uk) ask her to send to you the total sum of {£200.000.00 Pounds,} which i kept for your compensation for all the past efforts and attempts to assist me in this matter.. I appreciated all your efforts at that time very much. so feel free and get in touched with my secretary Mrs.Stella Johnson, and instruct her where to send the amount to you.

Please do let me know immediately when 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 i and the new partner are having at hand,finally,remember that I had forwarded instruction to the secretary on your behalf to receive that money, so feel free to get in touch with Mrs.Stella Johnson, she will send the amount to you without any delay.

Best Regards,

Mr Dennis Stevenson.


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