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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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• This email message is a "New Partner from Paraguay" scam.

Fraud email example:

From: peterjohnson@microcamp.com.br
Date: Thu, 16 Nov 2006 06:34:49 -0200
Subject: CONTACT MY SECRETARY NOW




Attn;My dear,





I'm happy to inform you about my success in getting those funds transffered
under the cooperation 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 assit me in
transffering those funds despite that it failed us somehow. Now contact my
secretary in BENIN his name is DONADU ADAMS,his email;
donadu_adams2006@yahoo.frask him to send you the total $1.8M US DOLLARS
)certified bank draft which i raised in your favour 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 intouched with my
secretary  and give him youraddress where to send the draft 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, i'm very
busy here because ofthe 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 Frank without any delay. best regards,Barr.Peter Johnson 


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Microcamp

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