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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.
• 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.
  • cojomrs_sec@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Master John Margai Tika <tika_family1980@yahoo.com>
Date: Mon, 29 Jan 2007 13:30:55 -0800 (PST)
Subject: SURPRISE COMPENSATION.


Hello Willis Saengmacher,
I'm happy to inform you about my success in getting
those 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 secretary in Accra Ghana WEST AFRICA
her name is Mrs.lilian.cojo, cojomrs_sec@yahoo.com
ask her to send you the total sum of $850,000.00
which i kept for your compensation for all the past
efforts and attempts to assist me in our transaction
earlier. I appreciated your efforts at that time very
much.

So feel free and get in touch with my secretary and
i have instruct her to ensure that the amount is
released 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 and moment, I’m very busy
here because of the investment projects which me and
the new partner are having at hand.

Finally, remember that I had forwarded instruction
to the secretary on your behalf to receive that money,
so feel free to get in touch with Mrs.lilian.cojo, she
will send the amount to you without any delay.

Yours Faithfully,
John Tika.



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