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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)
  • "barr." (Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.)
  • "cheque " (Beware of any scheme that involves cashing checks or money orders and then wiring a portion of the funds somewhere - you'll be liable for the entire amount if the checks or money orders turn out to be fake, even after you have received and forwarded cash)
• 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.
  • peter_collins_88@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "william coker" <barr_w_coker32@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: barrister_w_coker_tg@yahoo.com
Date: Wed, 16 Aug 2006 15:01:53 +0100
Subject: Compensation From Barr William Coker.

Dear Friend,

I'm happy to inform you about my success in getting those funds transferred
under the cooperation of a new partner from paraguay. 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.Now contact my
secretary in Togo his name is Mr Peter Collins on
:peter_collins_88@yahoo.com ask him to send you the cheque worth 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 but I could not finalize it with you,

So feel free and get in touch with my secretary Peter 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 sufferness at that time. At the
moment,

I’m very busy here in paraguay 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 attend to you, so
feel free to get in touch with him, he will send the amount to you without
any delay.More importantly, you must mention this code "a1590003" to enable
him know that you are the rigth person as you know the days are bad and
people can claim anything. So just let me know when you have the money in
your possession. I may not be checking my mail constant as I am very
busy now.

Yours friend,

Barr. William Coker

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