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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)
  • "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 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.
  • johnsonali2006@yahoo.es (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "jose wayas" <joseway888@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: joseway06@yahoo.se
Date: Wed, 21 Feb 2007 04:02:57 +0100
Subject:

Dear Friend,
I'm happy to inform you about my success in getting those funds transferred
under the cooperation of a new partner from UK. Presently i'm in UK 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 fundsdespite that it failed us some how.

Now contact my secretary in Nigeria his name is Mr.Johnson Ali via his
E_mail:(johnsonali2006@yahoo.es ) ask him to post you the Certified
Bank Cheque worth of of $850,000 dollars (Eight hundred fifty thousand
United States Dollar 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. so feel free and get in touched with my
secretary Mr.Johnson Ali and instruct him where to post 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. at this 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 Mr.Johnson Ali, he will post the Cheque to you without
any delay. Thank you very much and remain blessed
Regards
jose wayas

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