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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:
  • "lagos" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  
• 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.
  • wesleytobi2003@yahoo.dk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "william ibru" <wibru45@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: wesleytobi2003@yahoo.dk
Date: Thu, 07 Sep 2006 05:29:57 +0100
Subject: Dear Friend.

My Dear,

I am so happy to inform you about my success in getting the inheritance fund
transfered under the cooperation of a new partner from Paraguay. Presently I
am in Paraguay 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
transfering those funds despite the hitches that we encountered,but at last
God has answered my prayers.I would have contacted you before travelling,but
due to the exigencies of that time, i had to leave impromptu.

Before leaving, I made provisions of which I am convinced you will
appreciate. Friends like you are very rare in this world,I feel heavily
indebted to you and pray the almighty God to protect and preserve our
families so that some other time in the nearest future we could still come
together.

Now contact my my confidential secretary in LAGOS,her name is MRS WESLEY
TOBI, her email;(wesleytobi2003@yahoo.dk) and ask her to send you the total
sum of $400,000.00 USD (FOUR HUNDRED THOUSAND US DOLLARS) certified bank
draft which I raised in your favour for your compensation for all your past
efforts and attempts at assisting me in this transaction.

I really appreciated your efforts at that time very much so feel free and
get in touch with my secretary and give her your address where to send the
draft to you. Please do let me know immediately you receive it so that we
can share the joy after all the suffering at that time.

I am very busy at the moment here in Paraguay because of the investment
projects which the new partner and i are having at hand.It is just enermous
the volume of legal papers needed as basic framework for foreign investment
in this country.In all, paraguay is a beautiful investment freindly country
and hospitable too.

Finally remember that I had forwarded an instruction to my secretary on your
behalf to make sure that you receive that money, so feel free to contact her
without any delay so you can receive your compensation.

Best regards and God Bless.

William Ibru.

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