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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)
• 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.
  • david23micheal@yahoo.com
  • dredwardjones@hotmail.com

Fraud email example:

From: "EDWARD JONES" <dredwardjones@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: david23micheal@yahoo.com
Date: Tue, 31 Jan 2006 14:22:18 +0000
Subject: COMPENSATION

FORM: DR.EDWARD JONES (RTD)
FORMER DIRECTOR,
BANK OF SOUTH AFRICA.

ATTN: Dear Friend,

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 out of
my country for investment projects with my own share of the total sum of the
money. Meanwhile, I didn't forget your past efforts and attempts to assist
me in transfer of those funds despite that it failed us somehow. I
remembered your assistance towards the transaction, although it did not
favor us I decided to compensate you with some money. Please don’t bother to
speak with me for I’m trying to clear the ground before I will speak to you.

Now contact my secretary, in Nigeria with the following information:-
NAME .....DAVID MICHEAL
E-MAIL... david23micheal@yahoo.com

Ask him to send you the total sum of $800.000. Us dollars which I kept for
your compensation for all your past efforts and attempt to assist me in the
matter. I appreciated your efforts at that time very much, so feel free to
get in touch with my secretary DAVID MICHEAL and instruct him
where to send the amount 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, in the
moment, I'm very busy here because of the investment projects which I and
the new partner are having at hand, remember that I had forwarded
instruction to my secretary on your behalf to receive the money, so feel
free to get in touch with DAVID MICHEAL .Give him instruction on where you
want the money to be sent to you. Finally, you may not be familiar with my
name don’t bother yourself about the name. When you receive the money I will
get back to you with better information that will make u know me more.
With best regards,

FROM: DR. EDWARD JONES
EMAIL:dredwardjones@hotmail.com

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