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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:
  • "lagos" (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.
  • pro_kanu11@indiatimes.com

Fraud email example:

From: "amadi_amadi6@terra.es" <amadi_amadi6@terra.es>
Date: Wed, 1 Aug 2007 18:54:19 +0200 (MEST)
Subject: COMPENSATION FOR YOU



My Dear Partner,

I'm happy to inform you about my success in getting those funds transferred to a Swiss Account with the co-operation 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 through the help of my new partner who is a citizen of Paraguay. Meanwhile, I did not forget youre past efforts and attempts to assist me in transferring those funds despite that it failed us some how. I swear to compensate you in your past effort, thank you my dear.

Now contact my secretary, his contact information is:

Name: Mr. Promies Kanu.
Address: 109 Awolowo ways, Lagos-Nigeria.
Email: pro_kanu11@indiatimes.com

Ask him to give you the total US$850.000.00 that 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 get in touched with my secretary and instruct him where to give the amount to you.

It is just enormous the volume of legal papers needed as basic framework for foreign investment in this country. In all, Paraguay is a beautiful investment friendly country and hospitable too.

Before leaving, I made provisions of which I am convinced you will appreciate. Friends like you are very rare in this world, I feel heavily indebted to you and pray the almighty God to protect and preserve our families so that some other time in the nearest future we could still come together.

Do let me know immediately you receive it so that we can share the joy after all the suffer ness at that time. In the moment, I am very busy here because of the investment projects that the new partner and me are having at hand.

Finally thanks for youre past efforts.

With best regards,
MrAmadi Amadi.







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