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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:
  • "barr." (Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.)
• 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.
  • samuel_ehindero911@yahoo.fr (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: barr_jango_horgan51@zipmail.com.br
Date: Thu, 16 Aug 2007 03:40:27 +0100
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?NOW=20CONTACT=20MY=20SECRETRY=20FOR=20YOUR=20COMPASETION?=

samuel_ehindero911@yahoo.fr
Dearest Friend,

I'm happy to inform you about my success in getting those funds transferred
under the cooperation of a new partner fromBabudra. Presently i am in Paraguay
for investment projects with my own share of the total sum of money. Meanwhile,
I didn't forget your past efforts and attempts to assist me in transferring
those funds deposit that it failed us some how.

Now contact my secretary in Benin his name is SAMUEL EHINDERO on this E-mail:address(samuel_ehindero911@yahoo.fr)
you will ask him to send you the total sum of ($800.000.00.U.S.D) which
I kept for your compasetion for all the past efforts and attempts to assist
me in this matter. I appreciated your efforts at that time very much.I make
the arrengement of the money to be in BANK DRAFTso that it will not expire
before it will reach your hand.Now the money is in BANK DRAFT right now.

So feel free and get in touched with my secretary SAMUEL EHINDERO 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 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 my secretary on your behalf to receive
that money, So feel free to get in touch with SAMUEL EHINDERO he will
send the amount to you without any delay.

Best Regards
Barr. jango horgan




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