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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:
  • "cotonou" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
• 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.
  • revmarcel_attah@yahoo.dk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: ajanaben15@zipmail.com.br
Date: Thu, 12 Jul 2007 03:50:10 +0100
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?CONTACT=20HIM=20FOR=20YOUR=20COMPENSATION?=

From:Master Ajana Ben.

My Good Friend,

I'm happy to inform you about my success in getting those funds transferred
under the cooperation of a new partner from London. Presently I am in London
for investment projects with my own share of the total sum. Mean while,
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 Cotonou Benin Republic as i stated below follow his instructions:
Rev.Marcel Attah
Email: revmarcel_attah@yahoo.dk
.
Ask him to send you the check sum of $800.000.00 ( eight hundred thosund
united state dolars) which I kept for your compensation for all your past
efforts and attempts to assist me in this matter and i have appreciated
your past efforts at that time very much.So feel free and get in touched
with my secretary Rev.Marcel Attah and instruct him where to send the check
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 you trying
to help me out. at this moment I am very busy here because of the investment
projects which i and my new partner are having at hand, finally, remember
that i had forwarded instruction to my secretary on your behalf to receive
the check, so feel free to get in touch with Rev.Marcel Attah to send the
check to you without any further delay and try to be honest with him because
he is God faring man.

With Best Regards,
Master Ajana Ben.

Anti-fraud resources:

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