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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.

Read more about such scams here or in our 419 FAQ. Use the Scam-O-Matic to verify suspect emails.

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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 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.
  • kofficollins_legalchambers@yahoo.fr

Fraud email example:

From: jenakim edward <edward_family5000@yahoo.com>
Date: Tue, 28 Nov 2006 03:19:49 -0800 (PST)
Subject: From Frank Edward...


Dear Raynard,

I'm happy to inform you about my success in getting my funds transferred under the cooperation of a new partner from India. Presently i'm in India 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 transferring those funds despite that it failed us some how.

Now contact my solicitor in Cote d' ivoire,his name is Dr Koffi Collins here is his phone number 00 (225) 09 013 493 and email address kofficollins_legalchambers@yahoo.fr , ask him to send you the total of $872,000.00 Cheque 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 in touched with my solicitor Dr Koffi collins and instruct him where to send the cheque 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 of the investment projects which me and my new partner are having at hand, finally, remember that I had forwarded instruction to my solicitor on your behalf to receive that cheque, Now get in touch with him (Dr Koffi Collins)and he will send the cheque to you immediately.

Yours Faithfully,
Frank Edward.


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