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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 about the following email:

• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "i have a new email address!" (this SPAM email was sent to thousands of people)
• 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.
  • glob@yahoo.co.in
  • kkenene@myway.com

Fraud email example:

From: =?iso-8859-1?q?glob=20glob?= <james333_glob@yahoo.co.in>
Date: Mon, 27 Mar 2006 06:03:56 +0530 (IST)
Subject: My dear friend,


I have a new email address!You can now email me at: james333_glob@yahoo.co.in

My dear friend,


So far so good, I'm happy to inform you about my success in getting those

funds transferred under the co-operation of a new partner from Japan.


Presently I'm in Japan 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 mrs benita

james,on telephone number +229 979 88 081 and mail:

kkenene@myway.com) ask him to send you the total $800,000.00 bank

draft which i raised in your favor 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 mrs benita james, and instruct him

where to send the bank draft 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'm 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, so feel free to

contact him now to olawale

enable him send your money to you without any delay.


My regards to you and your family,


Mr. Koffi

- glob glob

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