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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.
  • +31642877000 (Netherlands, prepaid mobile phone)
• 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.
  • contactphilhall@aim.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Rosenblum Simon" <rosenblumsim26@hotmail.com>
Date: Fri, 13 Apr 2007 15:59:24 +0100
Subject: Dear Friend,

Dear Friend,

I'm happy to inform you about my success in getting the fund transffered
under the co-operation of a new partner from Japan.

Presently I'm in Japan for investment projects with my own share of the
total sum. Meanwhile, I didn't forget your past efforts and attempts to
assit me in transffering the fund despite that it failed us somehow.

Now contact my secretary in Amsterdam The-Netherlands, with the following
information:-

Name: Phillip Hall
E-mail: contactphilhall@aim.com
Tel: +31-642 877 000
Fax: +31-847 216 835

Ask him to send you the total $800,000,00 udollars which I kept for your
compensation for all your past efforts and attempts to assist me in this
matter.I appreciated your efforts at that time,so feel free and get
intouched with my secretary Mr. Phill Hall and instruct him 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 sufferness at this time,in the moment, I'm very busy here
because of the investment projects which I and my new partner are having at
hand.

Finally,remember that I had forwarded instruction to the secretary on your
behalf to receive the money,so feel free to get intouch with Mr. Phillip
Hall and ask him to send you the money without any delay.

Yours Faithfully
Mr. Simon Rosenblum

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