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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:

• 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.

Fraud email example:

From: MARTINS UGO <martinsugo01@yahoo.com>
Date: Fri, 7 Sep 2007 04:44:20 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: Very urgent.







Dear Rolando,
Thanks for your mail. You will never have problem with me and l will never for any reason in this my life tell lies for anything. Anyway, l will find a way of sending you the identification but l don't have a fax or scaner to send attachment. I will send it when l find a way but bear in mind that you will not regret knowing me. Please, give me your information to enable the draft be issued today. I am going to take care of all the affairs of issuance to ensuring that the whole thing must be legit, certified and confirmed by the authorities of this country.

This is to let you know that once opportunity does not fail. So, will not loose the funds that is meant for you.

I need your full name and address including your personal telephone number where we can be reached regularily in the course of the shipment. Please, call me immediately on my mobile telephone which is also my personal telephone. You will loose nothing and gain everything that is for you if you can trust and co-oporate with me in this transaction which l hope shall be concluded within 48hours from t he date l receive your information.

We shall discuss later how to make partnership business after you receive your money. That is my prayer because l know you will help me and that is why l am fighting frantically to seeing that you will not loose your funds for any reason.

Best regards
Martins








PS You should be notified that the phone number supplied kept failing. Please give me a workable number.




--- Original email ---
Thanks for your email. Yes you are at the right place. I need=
your full name and address where the cheque will be mailed =
to you to avoid wrongful delivery.
=20
Your private telephone for easy communication.
=20
I am waiting to receive the above requested information. very ur=
gent

Rolando Naumann wrote:
=20
Dear Sir

Pardon me but I only studied English writing in a rural schoolhouse and i=
t is not so beautiful.

To be honest I am a little muddled because I have been asked to get in to=
uch with several mail addresses regarding a private and vital issue. Can =
you please read the attached email and tell me whether I am finally in to=
uch with the right individual to do this work for me? I am just a little =
disturbed.

Mr Rolando Naumann

--- Forwarded email ---

My Good Friend=20

I'm happy to inform you about my success in getting those funds
transferred under the cooperation of a new partner from paraguay. Present=
ly
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 despite that it failed us some how.=20

Now contact my secretary his name is Martins Ugo Email:martinsugo01@yahoo=
..com=20
ask him to send you the total of $1.5m which i kept for your
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 secretary Martins Ugo and instruct him where
to send the amount to you.=20

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 Iam 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 secretary on your behalf to receive that money so feel=
free
to get in touch with Martins Ugo he will send the amount to you
without any delay.Give him address where he can send you the cheque.=20

Regards=20

Eze ALFRED.











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usic.com/music/comp06.htm


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Yahoo! oneSearch: Finally mobile search that gives answers not web lin=
ks.=20
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