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

Fraud email example:

From: aklocoo@microcamp.com.br
Date: Mon, 14 May 2007 16:37:05 -0300
Subject: MAKE SURE YOU CONTACT HIM IMMEDIATELY.




My Good Friend, 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 co-operation of a new
partner from Monaco. Presently i'm in MONACO, for futher 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 Benin his name
is  Mr.Marcel Akibadi  EMAIL;(marcelakibadi@myway.com).





Tell him where to send you the total sum of ($700.000.00) which I kept for
your compensation for all your past efforts and  attempts to assist me
previously.





I appreciated your efforts at that time,thank you very much.So feel free and
get in touch with my secretary Mr.Marcel Akibadi, 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 together after all the sufferness at
that time. At the moment, I'm very busy here in MONACO because of the
investment projects which me and the new partner are  having at hand, so
feel free to get in touch with Mr.Marcel Akibadi,he will send the amount to
you. Thank you and may God Bless you. Best Regards, BENSON
. Once again this is his email addres.(marcelakibadi@myway.com )


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Microcamp

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