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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:
  • "million us dollars" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
  • "barrister" (Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.)
• This email message is a "New Partner from Paraguay" scam.
• Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.
• 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.
  • barristerlaminekofi03@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: edward jones <fromanteterroristoffice@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: barristerlaminekofi03@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Tue, 18 Sep 2007 19:40:35 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: with best regards,


ATTN:

I'm happy to inform you about my success in getting
those funds transfered under the cooperation of a new
partner from Paraguay.

Presently i m in South Korea 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 somehow.Now contact barrister lamine kofi in GHANA with his email address is barristerlaminekofi03@yahoo.co.uk ask him to send you the total $5million us dollars which i kept for your compensation for all your 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 the barrister lamine kofi,and instruct him where to send the amount to you.

Please do let me know immediately you receive it so
that we can share the joy after all the sufferances at
this time,in the moment, i m 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 barrister lamine kofi on your behalf
to receive those money,so feel free to get in touch
with barrister lamine kofi.to send the amount to you without
any delay.

with best regards,

Mr. Edward Jones


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