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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.)
• 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.
  • davidmark_esq@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: haffis sidiqui <haffisalsq2004@yahoo.com>
Date: Wed, 27 Sep 2006 06:24:02 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: Dear James Mock


Dear James Mock

Good day

How are you today and your family.I hope all is well?

I'm happy to inform you about my success in getting the fund transferred under the cooperation of a new partner from Bahrain. Presently I'm in al-Manâmah,Bahrain 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. I will be going for treatment very soon my health condition is not what it use to be.

Now contact my lawyer in london, his name is Barrister David Mark and his email address is davidmark_esq@yahoo.co.uk ask him to send you the sum of $800.000.00 you will keep $750.000.00 for yourself that is your compensation for all the past efforts and attempts to assist me in this matter and $50.000.00 will go for any refugee camp in your country or motherless babes homes in your country.That is one promise I made to my self and I stand on that nothing can change that.

I appreciated your efforts at that time very much. so feel free and get in touch with my Lawyer 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 sacrifice and sufferness at that time. At the moment, I am very busy here because of the investment projects with my new partner.

Remember that I had forwarded instructions to the lawyer on your behalf to receive that money, so feel free to get in to him and he will send the amount to you without any delay.

Awaiting your response.

Hafeez


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