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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:
  • "dearest one," (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "barrister" (Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.)
  • "@lawyer.com" (Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.)
  • "abidjan" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
• 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.
  • williamschambers1982@lawyer.com

Fraud email example:

From: frankling koffi <franklingkoffi_3@yahoo.ca>
Date: Fri, 20 Jul 2007 17:56:12 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: GOOD NEWS/COMPERSATION



Dearest One,

Im happy to inform you about my success in getting those funds transffered under the cooperation of a new partiner from saudi arabia .Presently i'm in saudi arabia 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 transffering those funds despite that it failed us somehow. Now contact my lawyer in Abidjan and his name is Barrister Williams Badah Esq.

Email:(williamschambers1982@lawyer.com)
Phone+22504255573.

Ask him to send you the total sum $500.000.00 of bank draft which i kept for your compensation for all your past efforts and attempts to assist me in the matter.I appreciated your efforts at that time very much.so feel free and get intouched with my lawyer barrister williams and instruct him on how to send the draft 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,At the moment, i'm very busy here because of the investment projects which i and the new partiner are having at hand. Finally,remember that i had forwarded instruction to the lawyer on your behalf to receive the money,so feel free to get intouch with him without any delay.


Sincerely,
Frankling Koffi,




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