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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:
  • "dear friend" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
• 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.
  • william_james_1999@myway.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "barrhenry bello" <barrhenrybello_15@hotmail.fr>
Reply-To: william_james_1999@myway.com
Date: Mon, 27 Nov 2006 14:20:32 +0100
Subject: I'm happy to inform you about my success

My Dear Friend,

I'm happy to inform you about my success in getting those funds transferred
under the cooperation of a new partner from Japan.Presently i'm in Japan for
an investment projects with my own share of the totalsum. meanwhile,i didn't
forget your past efforts and attempts to assist me in transferring those
fund
despite that it failed us some how.

Now contact my secretary,his name is William James on
william_james_1999@myway.com ask him to send you the total of $800.000.00
which i kept 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 William James and instruct him where to send the
amount to you.
Please do let me know immediately you receive it so that we can share
thejoy after all the sufferness at that time.in the moment,i am 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 in
touch with William James he will send the amount to you with out any
delay.with best
regards,
BARR Henry Bello,

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