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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)
  • "barrister" (Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.)
• This email message is a "New Partner from Paraguay" scam.
• Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.
• 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.
  • nicolasever62@yahoo.fr (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "peter more" <petermore@latinmail.com>
Date: Tue, 24 Apr 2007 20:36:50 +0200 (CEST)
Subject: Dear Friend,


Dear Friend,

Longest time, i hope all is well together with yourfamily,if so glory
beto God almighty.Well,Sorry to hear this news andunderstand that the
faultis not from me I'm happy to inform you aboutmy success in getting
those funds transferred under the cooperation ofa new partner from
Antigua and Barbuda .Presently i'm in Antigua andBarbuda for
investment projects with my own share of the total sum.meanwhile,i
didn't forget your past efforts and attempts to assist mein transferring
those funds despite that it failed us some how. Nowcontact my secretary in
Benin his name is

NAME; Mr NICOLASEVER
EMAIL;----( nicolasever62@yahoo.fr)


Tell him to send you thetotal of $800.000.00 which i kept for your
compensation for all thepast efforts and attempts to assist me in this
matter. I appreciatedyour efforts at that time very much.So feel free
and get in touchedwith my secretary Mr. NICOLAS EVER, and instruct
him where to sendthe amount to you.


Please do let me know immediately you receive itso that we can share
the joy after all the sufferness at that time. inthe moment, I?m very
busyhere because of the investment projects whichme and the new
partner are having at hand, finally, remember that Ihave forwarded
instruction to the secretary on your behalf to receivethat money, so
feel free to get in touch with Mr NICOLAS EVER,he willsend the amount
to you.

GOD IS GREAT

Regards,
Barrister PeterMore.
THIS IS His E-MAIL ADDRESS;----- nicolasever62@yahoo.fr



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