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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:

• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "dear friend" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "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 mobile phone numbers. Use of such numbers is typical for scams because they allow criminals to conceal their true location. They can receive calls in an Internet cafe from where they send you emails, while pretending to be in some office.
  • +447024062597 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)
• 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.
  • emmaphillipprvt@hotmail.com

Fraud email example:

From: "abuibrahimprvt@terra.es" <abuibrahimprvt@terra.es>
Date: Fri, 15 Dec 2006 18:08:43 +0100 (MET)
Subject: From Your Friend



Dear Friend,

I'm happy to inform you about my success in getting the fund transferred to a Swiss Account with the cooperation of a new partner from Madrid spain who is an international business man. Presently I'm in London for investment projects with my own share of the total sum. Meanwhile, I did not forget your past efforts and attempts to assist me in transferring those funds despite that it failed us some how.

Please contact my secretary, he is:
Name: Mr. Emmanuel Phillip
Email: emmaphillipprvt@hotmail.com or emmaphillip@walla.com

Ask him to send to you the Certify Bank Cheque of One Million, Four Hundred Thousand US Dollars only 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. Feel free and get in touched with my secretary Mr. E. Phillips 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 am very busy here because of the investment projects which me and the new partner is having at hand.

With best regards

Abubakar Ibrahim
+44 7024062597







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