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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.
  • jacob_joshua987@yahoo.com
  • jacob_joshua987@hotmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "rebecca_james" <rebecca_james@terra.com.mx>
Date: Sat, 1 Jul 2006 22:12:22 -0600
Subject: VERY URGENT CONTANT HIM FOR DETAIL


Dear Good Friend,
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 Switzerland who is an
international business man. Presently I'm in Japan for
investment projects with my own share of the total sum.
Meanwhile, I did not forget your past efforts and
attempts to assist me in transferring those funds from
Benin Republic despite that it failed us somehow. Now
contact my Clerical Secretary.
His contact is: Name: Mr.JACOB JOSHUA Email:
jacob_joshua987@yahoo.com or
jacob_joshua987@hotmail.com Contact him immediately
and request him to send you the total sum of
$800,000.00 (Eight Hundred Thousand US Dollars) which I
kept for your compensation for all the past efforts and
attempt to assist me in this matter. My partner has
taken $6,000,000.00 which is 25% of the $24M while I
was left with $16,800,000.00 after we removed 5% for
every expenses and our pleasure here in Japan. Out of
my own (70%) portion of this fund, I have allocated
this $800,000.00 for your compensation in appreciation.
I appreciated your efforts at that time very much. So
feel free and get in touched with my Secretary Mr.jacob
joshua
and instruct him how to send the amount to you.
Please do let me know immediately you receive it so
that we can share the joy after all we passed through
at that time. For now, I am very busy here because of
the investment projects and feasibility study which I
and my new partner are having at hand. I might not be
chanced to my emails but I will try to keep in touch.
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 him and he will send the
amount ($800,000.00 US) to you without any delay.
With best regards .
Dr.Mrs.REBECCA JAMES
Pan-Africa Mortgage & Finance
REBECCA JAMES

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