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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.
• 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.
  • shadji@excite.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "anais disjoncte" <anais_disjoncte00003@hotmail.com>
Date: Thu, 19 Apr 2007 15:15:12 +0000
Subject: Dear Sima, Contact my Secrectary now for your $300.000.00dollars.

Dear Sima,

Longest time, i hope all is well together with your family, if so glory be
to God almighty. Well, Sorry to hear this news and understand that the fault
is not from me. I’m happy to inform you about my success in getting those
funds transferred under the cooperation of a new partner from Cuba.
Presently I’m in Cuba for investment projects with my own share of total
sum. meanwhile, I didn't forget your past efforts and attempts to assist me
in transferring this funds despite that it failed us some how.


Now i want you to contact my Secrectary in Bamako, the capital city of
Republic du Mali, his name is (Dr. Samadi Hadji) and his e-mail address is(
shadji@excite.com ) and the total Amount is $300.000.00 us dollars which i
kept under his care 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 Dr.samadi Hadji and
instruct him where and how he will send the money to you

Please do let me know immediately when you receive the money so that we can
share the joy after all the suffer ness at that time ok, In the moment, I’m
very busy here because of the investment projects which me and the new
partner are having at hand, So feel free to get in touch with Dr. Samadi
Hadji so that he will send the money immediately to you without any delay as
i instructed him to do.


Best Regards,


Thank you and may God Bless you.
Mr.Anais disjoncte
Former Manager ( ADB Bamako, Repubic of Mali)

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