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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.
• 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.
  • obichris000@yahoo.com.cn (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
  • ikewilliam1@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: =?gb2312?q?obichris000?= <obichris000@yahoo.com.cn>
Reply-To: ikewilliam1@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Tue, 9 May 2006 15:02:34 +0800 (CST)
Subject: CONTACT MY SECRETARY


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My Dear






I'm happy to inform you about my success in getting those funds





transferred






under the






cooperation of a new partner from Japan






.Presently i'm in Japan for an 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 fund despite that it failed us some





how.






Now contact my secretary,his name is IKE WILLIAM on ikewilliam1@yahoo.co.uk





ask






him to send you the total of $800.000.00 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 IKE WILLIAM 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 suffer ness 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 IKE WILLIAM he will send the amount to





you






without any delay.






with best regards,






HON . Barriser OBI CHRIS



- obichris000

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