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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 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.
  • franciso888@yahoo.it
  • mrjkofi@katamail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: <johnkofi@anpmall.net>
Date: Wed, 28 Mar 2007 19:14:30 +0930
Subject: My Appreciation Letter

My Appreciation Letter

Dear friend,

So far so good, I am very happy to inform you about my success in
getting those funds transferred under the cooperation of Mr Carlos
Santos Sanchez from Mexico. Presently I'm in Mexico 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. In appreciation of your assistance I have mapped
out as a compensation and wrote on your favour a check worth of
US$500,000.55.
So, you can now contact my secretary in Benin republic, Mr. Francis on
his e-mail address (franciso888@yahoo.it) and phone 00 229 9759 3983 and
ask him to send you the total of US$500.000.55 which I kept for your
compensation for all the past efforts and attempts to assist me in the past
transaction.
Bear in mind that this $500,000.55 is in draft, not cash, so you need
to send to her your full names and address as where the draft/check will
be posted/delivered.
So feel free to get in touched with my secretary and and furnish him
with the below information to enable him send the Bank Draft to you at your
own expense as I have done enough by allocating such huge amount to you.
Even my current partner is not happy that i have to allocate such
amount to you bearing in mind your nonchalant attitude to the
transaction at its crucial stage.

And make sure that you furnish him with the following information:
Your full name:
Contact and mailing address:
Telephone and cellphone numbers:

In the moment, I'm very busy here because of the investment projects
which me and the new partner are having at hand.
Finally, bear in mind that I had forwarded instruction to my secretary
to mail the draft to you once receipt of the above information.

My regards,

Mr. J. Kofi
mrjkofi@katamail.com





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