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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:
  • "cheque " (Beware of any scheme that involves cashing checks or money orders and then wiring a portion of the funds somewhere - you'll be liable for the entire amount if the checks or money orders turn out to be fake, even after you have received and forwarded cash. If it's a lottery prize, remember that real lotteries do not pay large prizes by check. They wire the money directly to your bank account and you do not pay for that. Many scammers promise a large check only in order to then demand payment of courier fees for a fake courier service. )
• 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.
  • jam_dominic@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "joseph livesay" <josephlivesay90k@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: jsephlivesay50e@hotmail.com
Date: Sat, 01 Sep 2007 18:09:04 +0100
Subject: Compensation

My dear ,

How are you and your entire family.

I'm happy to inform you about my success in getting those funds transferred
under the cooperation of a new partner Mr Willy Adams from paraguay.

Presently i'm in Paraguay for investment projects with my own share of the
total sum. mean while, i have decided to compensate you for all your effort
and cooperation during those time, though you could not support me financial
due to some problem which i understood, Now contact my secretary in Benin
his name is Mr James Dominic on jam_dominic@yahoo.com ask him to send you
the cheque of $1,500.000.00 which i kept for your compensation for your
involvement in this matter.

I appreciated your secrecy that time very much. so feel free and get in
touched with my secretary Mr James Dominic , and instruct him where to send
the cheque to you.

Please do let me know immediately you receive it so that we can share the
joy. in the moment, I’m very busy here in paraguay because of the investment
projects which me and the new partner Adams Willy are having at hand,
finally, remember that I had forwarded instruction to the secretary on your
behalf to receive that money, he will send it to you without any delay.



His phone number....+229 93 03 78 21

Regards,
My Joseph.

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