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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:

• 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.
  • benakwechis@yahoo.com

Fraud email example:

From: hans bruwn <h_bruwn2005@yahoo.fr>
Date: Sun, 29 Apr 2007 20:20:38 +0200 (CEST)
Subject: contact my mr benard for your compensation


Dear Ruomhildi;

I'm sorry but happy to inform you about my success in getting those funds transferred under the cooperation of a new partner from china though i tried my best to involve you in the businnes but God decided the whole situations. Presently i'm in china 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.
Now contact my secretary in Burkina-faso his name is Mr benard enekwechi through his e-mail address benakwechis@yahoo.com
Ask him to send you the total of $150.000.00 which i kept for your compensation for all the past efforts and attempts to assist me in transfering those funds. I appreciated your efforts at that time very much. so feel free and get in touch with my secretary Mr Benard and instruct him on where to send the amount to you. Please do let me know immediately you receive it so that we can share the joy together.
in the moment, I’m very busy here because of the investment projects which I and the 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 in touch with Mr benard enekwechi. he will send the money to you without any delay or you call him on his mobile phone number ; 00226-76-62-11-47 and ask him to send the money to you.

Regards,
Mr Hans Bruwn



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