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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)
  • "hundred thousand 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)
  • "barrister" (Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.)
  • "cotonou" (a location commonly mentioned 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.
• Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.
• 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.
  • ifoook@yahoo.fr (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: BARRISTER RODRIGUE MICHELLE <contact_rodriguechambers@yahoo.fr>
Date: Thu, 18 Jan 2007 20:25:37 +0100 (CET)
Subject: It Has Been A Long Time........From Barrister Rodrigue.


Dear Friend Mrs. T.H.M. Blogg,


Compliment of the season , I am happy to inform you about my success in getting those funds transferred under the cooperation of a new partner from Germany. Presently I'm in Paraguay for investment projects with my own share of the total sum.

Meanwhile, I don't want you to inform my bank about this deal that is why I decided to contact you before, I didn't forget your past efforts and attempts to assist in transferring those funds despite that it failed. Believing that you can still remember me. I am Barrister Rodrigue Michelle from Cotonou Benin Republic , your estwhile proposed business partner , I really want to invest in your country and that is why I decided to offer you this gift , I will contact you after my investment plans with my new partner for more discussion and investment plans.

Now contact my secretary in Benin Cotonou, her name is Miss. Ifeoma H. Okeke : ( ifoook@yahoo.fr ) Her Telephone Number + 229 97 110 452..

Ask her to send you the total of $800.000.00 Cashier's Cheque (Eight Hundred Thousand United States Dollars) which I kept for your compensation for all the past efforts and attempts to assist to get those fund out of the bank.

I appreciated your past efforts at that time very much. So feel free and get in touched with my secretary Miss. Ifeoma H. Okeke and instruct her where to send the Cashier's Cheque to you.

Please do let me know immediately you received it so that we can share the joy after all the suffer ness at that time. in the moment, I’m very busy here because of the investment projects which I am having at hand,

Finally , remember that I had forwarded instructions to my secretary on your behalf to receive that Cheque, so feel free to get in touch with Her , She will send the Cheque to you without any delay.

Best Regards,
Barrister Rodrigue Michelle.







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