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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:
  • "barrister" (Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.)
  • "lagos" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
• This email message is a "New Partner from Paraguay" scam.
• Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.
• 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.
  • joesph_obinna@yahoo.co.in (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
  • barristerhenry_iwunna@yahoo.co.in (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: joesph obinna <joesph_obinna@yahoo.co.in>
Date: Tue, 5 Sep 2006 12:33:55 +0100 (BST)
Subject: please try to contact barrister henry iwunna


DEAR Justin Thyme

how are you today together with your family over there. iam happy to
recieve your urgent respond to my mail .please this is not a joke matter
so please try to contact barrister henry iwunna for more information
thanks
God bless you










Justin Thyme <justin_thyme@inoutbox.com> wrote:
Have you given Mr Iwunna the funds to enable him to send me the money?

It's amazing just how poor these Nigerian lawyers are!

Justin Thyme


On 9/4/06, joesph obinna <joesph_obinna@yahoo.co.in> wrote: This email transmission is intended for the named recipient only and May contain privileged and confidential information. If you have Received this email in error, Please notify me immediately. Please do Not disclose the contents to anyone or copy it to outside parties. Thank you.

Att. Mr. Justin Thyme,

I'm happy to inform you about my success in getting those funds Transferred under the cooperation of a new partner from Germany. Presently I'm in GERMANY for investment projects with my own share. Meanwhile, I didn't forget you're past efforts and Attempts to assist me in transferring those funds despite that it failed us some how. Now contact my Lawyer in Lagos Nigeria his name is HENRY IWUNNA on his
Mobile number. 234-8020755264
Email address- barristerhenry_iwunna@yahoo.co.in

Ask him to send you the total of $500.000.00. (10%) 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 Lawyer Mr. HENRY 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 suffer ness at that time. I want to prove to you that I am not greedy. In the moment, I am very busy here because of the investment projects, which the new partner and me are having at hand.

Finally, remember that I had Forwarded instruction to the Lawyer on your behalf to receive that money, so feel free to get in touch with Barrister HENRY, He will send the amount to you without any delay.

Thanks


Joesph Obinna.



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