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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.

Fraud email example:

From: "Hon/Dr Davis Mohammed." <drdavismohammed77@yahoo.co.in>
Reply-To: missallenikoyi@o2.pl
Date: Mon, 26 Jun 2006 08:36:58 +0100 (BST)
Subject: Kindly accept my token Appreciations


Dear Friend,


Re:Accept My Sincere Appreciations.


Quite an age.
Compliment of season to you and your entire family.
I'm happy to inform you about my success in getting the fund transferred to a Swiss Account with the cooperation of a new partner from paraguay who is an international business man.


Presently,i am in Meralda Warren-Pitcairn Islands for investment projects and the
Visibility study with my own share of the total sum with my foreign partner Meanwhile, I did not forget your past efforts and attempts to assist me in transferring those funds despite that it failed us some how.

Just for me to show my kind hearted appreciations,now contact my secretary,See the contact below:

Name:Allen Ikoyi
Email:mrallenikoyi@o2.pl


Ask her to send you the total $450.000.00 (Four Hundred and Fifty Thousand US Dollars) 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 and instruct her where to send the amount to you.

Note:Please my friend,do not disclose this devlopment or my whereabout to anybody for security reasons. I hope you understand me very well.

Send the following informations to her.
1) Your Full name and Address.
2) Your Direct Teleohones,

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 my secretary on your behalf to receive that money, so feel free to get in touch with Miss Allen Ikoyi. and she will send the amount to you without any delay.

With best regards
Hon.Senator:Musa H. Mohammmed.
Feel free to call me on 00- 9679-337 0022
If the number is busy,keep trying because i am in interior area.


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