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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)
  • "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.
  • secretarytony_williams01@yahoo.es (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: senator_ben3@zipmail.com.br
Date: Tue, 11 Sep 2007 03:15:13 +0200
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?Dear=20Friend=2CGoodNews?=


Dear Friend,GoodNews

I'm happy to inform you about my success in getting those funds
transferred under the cooperation of a new partner from GERMANY.
Presently Im in GERMANY for an investment projects with my own share of
the total sum.Meanwhile,I didn't forget your past efforts and attempts in
getting the fund transfer into your Bank Account but it failed us some how,Now
contact my secretary in COTONOU,BENIN REPUBLIC,his name is Tony williams
via

E-mailAddress;(secretarytony_williams01@yahoo.es)ask him to send you the
total sum of $1.200,000.00 Bank Cashier Check, which I kept for your compensation
for all your past efforts and attempts in this matter.I appreciated your
efforts at that time very much,So feel free and get in touch with my secretary(Tony
williams)andtell him where to send your Bank Cashier Check of the said 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,Im very busy here in GERMANY because of the investment projects
which I and the new partner are having at hand.finally,remember that I have
forwarded instructions to my secretary on your behalf to receive the Bank
Cashier check.So feel free to get in touch with him,he will send the Bank
ashier Check amount to you without any delay.Take care of yourself i hopeto
meet you soon.

With Best Regards.
senator Ben

Anti-fraud resources:

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