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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:

• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "dear friend" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
• This email message is a "New Partner from Paraguay" scam.

Fraud email example:

From: "Rev. Sister Juliet Obaseki"<revjuliet@myway.com>
Reply-To: mrsjulietobaseki2222@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Thu, 12 Jul 2007 16:22:11 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: Dear Friend,


Dear Friend, I'm happy to inform you about my success in getting the Fund transferred to a Swiss Account with the Cooperation of a new partner from Paraguay who is an International businessman. Presently I'm in Paraguay for investment projects with my own share of the total sum. Meanwhile I did not forget your past efforts and attempts to assist me in transferring those funds despite that it failed us some how. Now contact my secretary because I have package your money as a consignment in your name before I leave to Paraguay for my investment projects and here is the information you have to proved for him to know that you are the owner of the consignment. Here is the information you send to him to enable him dispatch your consignment to you immediately without any further delay. YOUR FULL NAME.......YOUR CONTACT ADDRESS.....YOUR DIRECT TELEPHONE NUMBER........YOUR FAX N UMBER.....................YOUR AGE/SEX............................Here is my secretary information contac!
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him now.Name: Rev. Okey JamesEmail: revokeyjames@yahoo.co.inAsk him to send you the total sum of ($2,5 million USD) which I kept 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 my secretary Rev. Okey James. Please do let me know immediately you receive it so That we can share the joy after all the suffer nests at that time. In the moment, I am very busy here because of the investment projects, which the new partner and I are having at hand. Finally, so feel free to get in touch with Rev. Okey James and he will tell you what to do without any delay. Best Regards. Rev. Sister Juliet Obaseki.

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