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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.
• 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.
  • jerry_cook_112@yahoo.fr (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "yusufu haji" <yusufuhaji01@hotmail.com>
Date: Mon, 13 Nov 2006 16:30:18 +0000
Subject: CONTACT HIM NOW FOR YOUR SHARE

Dearest Friend, I'm happy to inform you about my success in getting those
funds transferred under the cooperation of a new partner from paraguay.
Presently I'm in Paraguay for investment projects with my own share.
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,his name is Jerry Cook EMAIL :jerry_cook_112@yahoo.fr Ask him to
send you the total $850.000 which I kept for your compensation for all the
past efforts and attempts to assist me in this matter. I appreciated your
collective efforts at that time so feel free and get in touch with my
secretary Jerry and instruct him where to send your check Draft to. 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, 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 secretary on
your behalf to receive that money,so feel free to get intouch with Jerry
without any delay. Best Regards,
Mr.Yusufu Haji

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