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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)
  • "i will like you to " (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "cotonou" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  
• 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.
  • john_nebuwa@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "simon" <simon_farms@myway.com>
Date: Thu, 22 Feb 2007 09:54:11 -0500 (EST)
Subject: contact my secretary


Dear friend.

Compliments of the season and God's blessings.I am glad to inform you that I have successfullytransferred the funds under the co-operation of a newpartner from paragua.And presently am in paragua.forsome investment projects and medical check up with myown share of the total sum. as you should understandthat during the period of processing the transfer thatmy health situation was very poor.Meanwhile, I did not forget all your past efforts andattempts to assist me in transferring the funds despite that it failed us some how along the way. Now I will like you to contactmy secretary who is right now in Cotonou Republic ofBenin, his name is john nebuwa his

email:john_nebuwa@yahoo.com And ask him to send you the total sum of $1.2m which I kept for you, for your compensation for all the past efforts and attempts to assist me in this matteras I am a very strong and born again christian and will never easily forget all your passt efforts to assist nomatter that i was not able to get it conclude with you.I appreciated all your efforts at that time verymuch. So feel free and get in touched with my secretary john nebuwa and instruct him where to send themoney to you.

Please do let me know immediately you receive it so that we can share the joy after all the sufferies atthat time. In the moment,I am very busy here because of the investment projects and my health which me and mynew partners are having at hand. Finally, remember that I had forwarded instruction to my secretary on yourbehalf in respect to that matter as well, So feel free to get in touch with him in respect to that so that hewill send the amount to you without any delay.

Yours faithfully.Mr. jacob farms Your former business Partner.urgent reply





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