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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)
  • "central bank of nigeria" (the name of a person or institution often appearing 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.
  • okoro_05@sify.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Chris Akwu <chrisakwu3@yahoo.com>
Date: Mon, 13 Aug 2007 11:28:06 +0200
Subject: thanks for yr assistance


Dear friend,
I'm happy to inform you about our success in getting the fund
transferred under the cooperation of a new partner from Paraguay.
Presently Im in Paraguay for investment projects with my own share of the total
sum.Meanwhile, I didn't forget youre past efforts and attempts to assist us
in transferring those funds despite that it failed us some how.
Now contact my secretary, his name is MR Chijioke Okoro and his email
address is (okoro_05@sify.com  ask him to send you the total $1.5
MILLION,(ONE MILLION, FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS) draft which I kept
for your compensation for all the past efforts and attempts to assist us
in this matter. I appreciated your efforts at that time very much. So
feel free and get in touched with my secretary MR MR Chijioke Okoro and
instruct him where to send the money to you. Kindly confirm to him your
full name and address to send it to.
Please 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, which the new partner and
I are having at hand, finally, remember that I had forwarded instruction
 to the secretary on your behalf to receive that money, so feel free  to
get in touch with MR MR Chijioke Okoro and he will send the amount to you
without any delay. Note that other people may be contacting you in respect
 of the same fund, as it is still in Central Bank Of Nigeria vetting computer.
 
With best regards
MR. Chris Akwu

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