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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:

• 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:
  • "million united states dollars" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
• 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.
  • sarah_hellen@myway.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: mrslinda_klen@microcamp.com.br
Date: Wed, 20 Dec 2006 07:09:22 -0200
Subject: Hello Friend,




 




Hello Friend,




I'm happy to inform you about my success in getting those funds transferred
under the cooperation of a new partner from PARAGUARY. Presently I’m in
PARAGUARY 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.




But for the fact that you have once participated in the past, I cannot just
forget you since I have finally achieved this goal. In that case, I
personally remembered all your efforts and co-operations in the past.




Now contact my Secretary in Nigeria contact her on his Email Address:




sarah_hellen@myway.com ,




ask her to send you the total of (US$5.,000.000) FIVE MILLION United States
Dollars Only, which I kept to compensate you for all the past efforts and
attempts to assist me in this matter.




I really appreciated all your efforts at that time very much. So feel free
and get in touched with my secretary and instruct her where to send the
amount 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 the new partner and I are having at
hand at the total amount of US$50.5million, finally, remember that I had
forwarded instruction to the my secretary on your behalf to receive that
money, so feel free to get in touch with them as soon as possible, and they
will send the amount to you without any delay.




Best regards,




Mrs Linda Klen.


_________________________________________________________
Microcamp

Anti-fraud resources:

• What can you do when you receive 419 spam