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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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• This email message is a "New Partner from Paraguay" scam.

Fraud email example:

From: fadilah fahad <mrs.f.fahad050@hotmail.com>
Date: Fri, 24 Aug 2007 15:24:52 +0000
Subject: THANKS FOR YOUR PAST EFFORT, YOUR COMPENSATION,




From:Mrs. Fadilah Fahad, My Good Friend, I'm happy to inform you about my success in getting those funds transferred under the cooperation of a new partner from Paraguay. Presently I am 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 despite that it failed us some how. Now contact my secretary in Accra Ghana as I stated below and follow his instructions: REV.JOHN GABRIELEmail: rev_j_gabriel03@yahoo.itTelephone number +233 245 829 658. Ask him to send you the funds worth of $900.000.00 which I deposited in the Escrow call Account of the Agricultural Development Bank for your compensation for all your past efforts and attempts to assist me in this matter as I have appreciated your past efforts at that time very much.So feel free and call him or contact him through e-mail,and instruct him where to send the funds to you. Please do let me know immediately you receive it so that we can share the joy together after all the sufferings at that time you tried to help me out. At this moment I am very busy here because of the investment projects which I and my new partner are having at hand.Finally, remember that I had forwarded instruction to my secretary on your behalf to work with the Bank so that the funds can reach you, so feel free to get in touch with the Reverend so that the funds can be transfrerd to you without any delay and try to be honest with him because he is a God fearing man. With Best Regards,Mrs. Fadilah Fahad.
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