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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)
• 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.
  • +22993692129 (Benin, probably a prepaid mobile phone)
• 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.
  • ofia_pc@yahoo.fr

Fraud email example:

From: "christ_bello@terra.es" <christ_bello@terra.es>
Date: Sat, 27 Jan 2007 18:50:05 +0100 (MET)
Subject: COMPESATION


Dear Friend,
I am happy to inform you about my success in getting those funds
transferred under the co operation of a new partner from Paraguay. Presently
I'm in Paraguay for investment projects with my own share .
meanwhile,I didn't forget your past efforts and attempts to assist me
in transferring those funds despite that it later failed us some how.
Contact my secretary,his name is Mr.Ofia Ejigbo
contact him on his email address (ofia_pc@yahoo.fr) mobile number +22993692129 ] ask him to send for you the total
$1.5 million dollars 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 alright and
get in touched with my secretary and convince him where to send the
amount to you.
Please do let me know immediately you receive it so that we can share
the tremendious atmospheric nature of success together after all. For
this moment, I am very busy here in Paraguay because of the investment
projects which I and the new partner are having at hand, finally, I had
forwarded instruction to My secretary on your behalf to receive the
money, so you should to get in touch with Mr. Ofia will send the
amount to you as get in touch with him
Yours sincerely
CHRIST BELLO





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