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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.
  • morreinnwakal@yahoo.fr (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: morrein nwakal <morreinnwakal@yahoo.fr>
Date: Thu, 28 Jun 2007 12:22:27 +0200 (CEST)
Subject: bank draft $850 .000 .00


Dear Ms Adalicia Deckermacher
How are you today ,yes this is the right person now am waiting for your infromation to send your bank draft to you ok

FILL AND GET BACK TO HIM
SEX..........
YOUR NAME IN FULL....
YOUR COUNTRY......
HOME AND OFFICE ADDRESS.......
PHONE.NUM....
OCCUPATION..........
Regards
Barrister Frank Pual
CONTACT Mr MORREIN NWAKAL WIHT THIS EMAIL ADDRESS
morreinnwakal@yahoo.fr




Dear Sir,

Please excuse me but I only read english in a rural provincial college and it is not so totally fine.

To be honest I am a little confused because I have been asked to get in touch with several email addresses regarding a very private and crucial issue. Can you please read the attached email and tell me whether I am at last in contact with the right party to do this work for me? I am just a little unassured.


--- Forwarded email ---
My Dear Friend
I'm happy to inform you about my success in getting those funds
transferred under the cooperation of a new partner from holland. Presently
I'm in holland for investment projects with my own share of the total
sum.
Meanwhile I didn't forget your past efforts and attempts to assist me
intransferring those funds despite that it failed us some how.
Now contact my secretary in Benin Republic his name is Mr MORREIN NWAKAL
Pablous E-mail morreinnwakal@yahoo.fr ask him to send you the total sum
of $850 000.00 which i kept for your compensation for all the past
efforts andattempts to assist me in this matter.
I appreciated your efforts at that time very much. so feel free and
get intouched with my secretary Mr MORREIN NWAKAL.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 that time. in the moment I am very
busy here because of the investment projects which me and the new
partner are having at hand finally remember that I had forwarded
instruction to the secretary on your behalf to receive that money so feel free
to get in touch with Mr MORREIN NWAKAL.He will sends the amount to you
without any delay.
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