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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)
• 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.
  • +447024091147 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)
• 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.
  • marknwodi@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Pascal Boyoh" <pascalboyoh_jj12@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: marknwodi@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Wed, 28 Feb 2007 17:45:02 +0000
Subject: Boyoh

Dear Friend,
I'm happy to inform you about my success in getting the fund
transferred to a Swiss Account with the co-operation of a new partner
from london who is an international business man.

Presently I'm in london for investment projects with my own share
of the total sum. Meanwhile, I did not forget your past efforts and
attempts to assist me in transferring those funds despite that it
failed us some how.

Now contact my secretary, his contact is:
Name: Mr.Mark Nwodi,
Email:marknwodi@yahoo.co.uk


Ask he to send you the total $950.000.00 (Nine Hundred and Fifty
Thousand US 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 free and get in touched
with my secretary Mr.Mark Nwodi, and instruct he where to send
the amount to you.

Please do let me know immediately you receive it so that we can share
the joy after all the suffering at that time. In the moment,I am
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 my secretary on
your behalf to receive that money, so feel free to get in touch with and he
will send the amount to you without any delay.you can call me immediately
you receive this mail now.

With best regards
Senator Pascal Boyoh,
C.E.O
+447024091147

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