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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)
• 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.
  • mrs_janeagbala06@myway.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: nelson selvin <mr_nelsonselvin05@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Tue, 13 Jun 2006 07:31:48 +0100 (BST)
Subject: GOOD NEWS/CONTACT HER NOW.


Attention My Dear Friend Matilda Mason,

You might find it so difficult to remember me. though, it is indeed, a
very long time.On my singular, I am much delighted and privileged to
contact you again, after couple of months now. I'm happy to inform you about my success in getting those funds transferred under the cooperation of a new partner from paraguay. It takes fate, courage and God's fearing to remember old friends and at the sametime, to show gratification to them, despite circumstances that made things, not worked out as we projected then.

I take this liberty to inform you that, the transaction we were pursing
together, finally worked out by God's infinite mercy and I decided to
contact you, just to let you know.

Presently i'm in Paraguay 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.

I want you to contact my secretary in Benin his name is Mrs Jane Agbala. on E-mail: mrs_janeagbala06@myway.com
ask her to send you the total of $850.000.00 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 Mrs Jane Agbala and instruct her 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’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 my secretary on your behalf to receive that money, so feel free to get in touch with Mrs Jane Agbala, she will send the amount to you without any delay.

Please, Contact him now, my confidential secretary, her name is Mrs Jane Agbala.( Secretary)on her E-mail: mrs_janeagbala06@myway.com
You are to forward to her, the following
1. YOUR FULL NAME & ADDRESS 2. YOUR / TELEPHONE NUMBER ( IF NECESSAY AND YOUR ID)

Regards,

Mr Nelson Selvin.


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