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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:

• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "cheque " (Beware of any scheme that involves cashing checks or money orders and then wiring a portion of the funds somewhere - you'll be liable for the entire amount if the checks or money orders turn out to be fake, even after you have received and forwarded cash)
• This email message is a "New Partner from Paraguay" scam.
• This email lists mobile phone numbers. Use of such numbers is typical for scams because they allow criminals to conceal their true location. They can receive calls in an Internet cafe from where they send you emails, while pretending to be in some office.
  • +447031967267 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)
• 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.
  • topchronoddelivery@adexec.com

Fraud email example:

From: alshuaibu umaro <u_alshabbeh@yahoo.ca>
Date: Thu, 9 Nov 2006 05:08:24 -0500 (EST)
Subject: Compensation


My dear,

I am Happy to inform you about my success in getting those funds transferred under the cooperation of a new partner from Australia as i told you earlier and also that my wife is well again after her successful kidney transplant , Presently i'm in LONDON for investment projects with my own share of the total sum.You can call me on my number;+447031967267.

Meanwhile,i didn't forget your past efforts and attempts to assist me in transferring those funds despite that it failed us some how just because of your lack of understanding but to show my appreciations.

Now contact Top Chronod agency a subsidiary to courrier services companies in Lome Togo, I signed the cheque on your behalf. The agency contact information e-mail; (topchronoddelivery@adexec.com) ,tele; 00228 936-77-75, ask the agency to send you the total cheque sum of $500.000.00 which i kept for you in cheque as compensation for all the past efforts and attempts to assist me in this matter and to help yourself in life.

I appreciate your efforts at that time very much. so feel free and get intouch with the agency who will insure that you received the cheque and instruct the agency where to send the cheque to. Please do let me know immediately you receive it so that we can share the joy after all that we had at that time. in the moment, I’m very busy here because of the investment projects which me and the new partner are having at hand, finally, remember that I had forwarded instruction to the agency on your behalf to receive that cheque, so feel free to get intouch with the agency, they will send the cheque amount to you without any delay.It is not a physical cash but a cheque to enable you withdraw in your bank in your country.

Regards,

Still your brother,

Al Shuaibu


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