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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.
• This email message is a "New Partner from Paraguay" scam.
• This email lists mobile phone numbers. Use of such numbers is typical for scams because they allow criminals to conceal their true location. They can receive calls in an Internet cafe from where they send you emails, while pretending to be in some office.
  • +2348064180903 (Nigeria, prepaid mobile phone)
• 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.
  • pastorjohnopara@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Linda Smith <linda_smith026@hotmail.com>
Date: Fri, 3 Aug 2007 04:46:41 -0400
Subject: Hello Dear



Hello Dear, A great thing has happened into my life as God promised me and i want to use the opportunity to inform you about my success in getting those funds transferred under the cooperation of a new partner from Paraguay. Presently i'm in Paraguay 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 deposited that it failed us some how. Name :Pastor John OparaemmaE-mail: pastorjohnopara@yahoo.com TELEPHONE +234 806-418-0903. ask him to send you the total sum of $400.000.00 which i kept for your as 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 Sectray Mr Opara, WILL arrange with him where and how to send the amount to you. Please validate me immediately you receive it so that we both can share the joy after all the sufferness at that time. in the moment,i am very busy here because of the investment projects which me and the new partner are having at hand, finally, remember that I had forwarded instruction to the him on your behalf to receive that money, So feel free to get in touch with Opara he will give you his best of servise without any delay.Or you can call him on phone for easy communication God bless you with best regardsyour old partner,Linda Smith
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