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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:

• 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.
  • aiyanakaya@yahoo.com

Fraud email example:

From: mrcheal ezra <mrmichealezra2005@yahoo.co.in>
Date: Sat, 12 Aug 2006 19:21:39 +0100 (BST)
Subject: JOYFUL NEWS


Dearest.Amarjit Singh,

This is to inform you about my success in getting the
money moved under the cooperation of a new partner from South America.
Presently i'm in South America for investing my own part of the money
Meanwhile,i didn't forget your past efforts and attempts to assist me
in moved the cash despite that both of us could not make it.
Now
contact my secretary,his name is Mr Aiyana Kaya and his email address is
(aiyanakaya@yahoo.com) ask him to send you US$800,000.00 in a
Certified
Draft 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 Aiyana Kaya and instruct him where to send the money 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
am
very busy here investing with my new partner .
Best Regards
Mr Micheal
Ezra



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