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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:

• 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.
  • ibrahim_m_45@yahoo.com

Fraud email example:

From: John Mensah <johnmensah46@yahoo.com>
Date: Fri, 10 Nov 2006 12:44:29 -0800 (PST)
Subject: RE: Compensation From John Mensah




Dear Mrs. Nadine Austerzer

I'm happy to inform you about my success in getting
those funds transffered under the cooperation of
a new partiner from saudi arabia .

Presently i'm in LONDON 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 transffering those funds despite that it failed
us somehow.
Now contact my secretary in accra Ghana his
name is Mr Ibrahim Mohammed Tel 00233-208128685 email: ibrahim_m_45@yahoo.com
ask him to send you the total sum of $800,000 usd which i
kept for your compensation for all your past efforts
and attempts to assist me in the matter.I appreciated
your efforts at that time very much.so feel free and
get intouched with my secretary Mr. Ibrahim ,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,At the moment, i'm very busy here because
of the investment projects which i and the new
partiner are having at hand, finally,remember that i
had forwarded instruction to the secretary on your
behalf to receive those money,so feel free to get
intouch with Mr. Ibrahim to send the amount to
you without any delay.

Best Regards,
John Mensah


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