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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:
  • "dear friend" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "cotonou" (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.
  • mrdavid220@yahoo.com.my (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "mrsecretary david" <mrsecretarydavid3@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: mrdavid220@yahoo.com.my
Date: Fri, 10 Mar 2006 17:50:07 +0000
Subject: US$950,000.00 COMPERSATION FOR YOU

 

Dear Friend,

 

I am happy to inform you about my success in getting
those funds transferred under the cooperation of a new
partner from Hongkong.

 

Presently I am in Hongkong 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 in Cotonou Benin Republic his
name is MR. DAVID  and his Email:
mrdavid220@yahoo.com.my,  and ask him to send you the
total of $950,000.00 which I kept for your
compensation for all the past efforts and attempts to
assist me in this matter.I appreciated your efforts at
that time very much. so feel free and get in touched
with my secretary DAVID 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 sufferness at
that time. in the moment, I am very busy here because
of the investment projects which me 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 MR.  DAVID, he will send the amount to you
without any delay. 

 

Thanks and God bless you.

BARR, JAMES LAWRENCE, ESQ.

 

 

 

 

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