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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.
  • mylifekk01@yahoo.fr (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: ttk1970@zipmail.com.br
Date: Wed, 18 Jul 2007 11:00:44 +0100
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?=2E=2E=2E=2E=2E=2E=2E=2E=2E=2E=2E=2E=2EGood=20News=20For=20You=2E=2E=2E=2E=2E=2E=2E=2E=2E=2E=2E=2E=2E=2E=2E=2E?=

Dear Good Friend,

I'm sorry but happy to inform you about my success in getting
those funds transferred last week 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 Cotonou the Benin Republic, his
name is Mr.Douglas Mathew and his e-mail address is
(mylifekk01@yahoo.fr) ASK him to send you the Cashier Bank
Draft total amount of USD$1.4.MILLION which i deposited with
the Africa bank of benin west african development bank BOAD,
banqueouest africaine de developpment) www.boad.org, for your
compensation for all the past efforts and attempts to assist me in this
matter.

I appreciated your very much efforts at that time. so feel free and get
in touched with my secretary Mr.Mr.Douglas Mathew, and
instruct him on how to send you the amount of $1.4.MILLION
for your compensation. in the moment,I am very busy here in
China because of the investment projects which I and my new
partner are having at hand here in the federal republic of
china,finally,remember that I have forwarded instruction to my
secretary on your behalf to send you the USD$1.4.MILLION so
feel free to get in touch with Secretary,he will send the amount of USD$1.4.MILLION
to you without any delay.

Best Regards
Mr Lawrence Markus

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