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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 fake company names, fake addresses, non-existent institutions/documents or other details have appeared in scams before:
  • "federal republic of benin"
• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "dear friend" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "cotonou" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
• 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.
  • hillaryodinaka@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: josephugba2000@zipmail.com.br
Date: Wed, 20 Sep 2006 02:40:11 +0100
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?Compensation=20for=20your=20past=20effort?=

Dear friend,

How are you together with your family i hope that all is moving well if
so glory be to God our creator amen i am sorry for not contacting you since
is because i am very busy here in Paraguay now i want you to share the joy
with me after all the sufferness at that time God is with us I'm happy to
inform you about my success in getting those funds transferred under the
co-operation 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 Cotonou De federal Republic of Benin in West Africa State
his name is Hillary Odinaka his email address is hillaryodinaka@yahoo.com
ask him to send you the total 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. So feel free and get
in touched with my secretary Hillary Odinaka 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. in the moment,
Iam very busy here because of the investment projects which me and the new
partner are having at hand, finally, remember that I have forwarded instruction
to the secretary on your behalf to receive that money, so feel free to get
in touch with Hillary he will send the amount to you without any delay.

Regards,
Mr.Joseph Ugbagu.

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