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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.
  • susan_elizabeth06@myway.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "lym_bello007" <lym_bello007@terra.com.mx>
Date: Mon, 24 Jul 2006 22:00:14 -0600
Subject: SINCERE COMPENSATION


SINCERE COMPENSATION
Dear good friend,
I'm happy to inform you about my success in getting those funds transferred under the cooperation of a new partner from Luxemburg.Presently I'm in Luxemburg for investment projects with my own share of the total sum. Mean while, 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, her name is MISS SUSAN
ELIZABETH(Secretary) (susan_elizabeth06@myway.com ) ask her to send you the international cashier'sBank Draft I raised in your name worth $520,000.00USD as a compensationfor 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 getin touched with my secretary MISS SUSAN and instruct Her where to sendthe Draft to.
Please, contact NOW, my confidential secretary,
MISS SUSAN . P. ELIZABETH (Secretary)
E-mail : (susan_elizabeth06@myway.com )
You are to forward to her, the following:
1. YOUR FULL NAME & ADDRESS
2. YOUR TELEPHONE NUMBER (If necessary)
She, will advise you further about the shipment of the ICBD to your
Residence Address or Office Address you may provide. Feel free to reachvia
this very mail address. Most importantly, the ICBD has only validity period
of 12 banking days.
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 newpartner are having at hand, finally, remember that I had forwarded instruction to the secretary on your behalf, so feel free to get intouch with her and she will send the Draft to you with out any delay.
With best regards,
DR. OLAYEMI BELLO

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