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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)
  • "i will like you to " (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "cotonou" (a location commonly mentioned 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.
  • morganharry27@yahoo.fr (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: DANEIL FRANK <danielfrank1@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: <morganharry27@yahoo.fr>
Date: Sun, 9 Sep 2007 17:16:21 +0100
Subject: CONTACT MY SECRETARY IMMEDIATELY



Hello My friend,
How are you today? Hope all is well with you and your family? You may not understand why this mail comes to you. But if you do not remember me, you might Have receive an email from me in the past regarding a multi-million-dollar business proposal which we never concluded. I am usingthis opportunity to inform you that this ulti-million-dollar business has been concluded with the assistance of another partner from Germany who financed the transaction to a logical conclusion.
I thank you for your great effort to our unfinished transfer of fund into your account due to one reason or the other best known to you. But I want to inform you that I have successfully transferred the fund out of my bank to my new partner's account in Germany that was capable ofassisting me in this great venture. Due to your effort, sincerity, courage and trust worthiness you showed during the course of the transaction. I want to compensate you and show my gratitude to you with the sum of (USD $1.5MILLION) which I left to my secretary on your behalf.
My dear friend I will like you to contact my secretary on his direct email address below for the collection of the fund I authorized him to release the fund to you whenever you contact him regarding for it.At the moment, I'm very busy here because of the investment projects, which I and the new partner are having at hand. Please I will like you to accept this token with good faith as this is from the bottom of my heart, also comply with my secretarys directives so that he will send the money to you without any delay.
CONTACT: MR.MORGAN HARRY JNR.POSITION: SECRETARY,ADDRESS: Cotonou, Republic of BeninEmail: morganharry27@yahoo.fr
Forward these informations to my secretary to enable him send your fund to you, Your full name and address, your direct telephone number, your occupation, country and city.
Yours FaithfullyDR FRANK DANIEL
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