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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)
  • "cheque " (Beware of any scheme that involves cashing checks or money orders and then wiring a portion of the funds somewhere - you'll be liable for the entire amount if the checks or money orders turn out to be fake, even after you have received and forwarded cash. If it's a lottery prize, remember that real lotteries do not pay large prizes by check. They wire the money directly to your bank account and you do not pay for that. Many scammers promise a large check only in order to then demand payment of courier fees for a fake courier service. )
• 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.
  • goodluckjonathano@yahoo.fr (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: franklin_johnson222@zipmail.com.br
Date: Fri, 20 Jul 2007 18:36:46 +0200
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?Dear=20Friend=2C?=

Dear Friend,
Longest time, i hope all is well together with you
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 cooperation of a new partner
from Antigua and Barbuda .Presently i'm in Antigua and
Barbuda 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
Benin his name is NAME;.....Mr GOODLUCK JONATHAN
EMAIL Address;
(goodluckjonathano@yahoo.fr)
reconfirm your contact information as you wish to receive your money to
him as I stated below to enable him send the cheque to you.
1. FULL NAMES:
2. ADDRESS:
3. OCCUPATION:
4. TELEPHONE NUMBER:
5. CITY:
6. STATE:
7. COUNTRY:

Tell him to send you the total of $600.000.00 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 Mr GOODLUCK JONATHAN, 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
after all the sufferness at that time.in the moment, I'm
very busy here because of the investment projects which me
and the new partner are having at hand,finally, remember
that I have forwarded instruction to the secretary on your
behalf to receive that money, so feel free to get in touch
with Mr GOODLUCK JONATHAN,he will send the amountto you.
Regards,
GOODLUCK JONATHAN,

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