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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:
  • "00,000.00" (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)
• 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.
  • adimuover@fastermail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: mmili aro <mmiliaro@hotmail.fr>
Date: Tue, 13 Nov 2007 02:35:07 +0000
Subject: contact my secretary



From:Mmili Aro551 MainBazaar, Shahdara,New Delhi, India.
My Dearest Friend,
I could not contact you earlier before now due to my tight schedules. Iam very happy to inform you about my success in getting that fund underthe cooperation of a new partner from India. Presently I'm in New Delhiwith the partner for the some projects with the money.Meanwhile, I did not forget your past efforts and attempts to assist mein that process despite that it failed us at that time.Now,I want you to contact my secretary,his name isAdimuOver and hisemail address is:adimuover@fastermail.com ask Him to send you thetotal sum of ( $900,000.00 ) which I kept for your compensation for allthe past efforts and attempts to assist me in this matter.
I appreciated your efforts at that time very much. So feel free and getin touch with my secretary AdimuOver and instruct him where to sendthe Draft to you.Please do let me know immediately you contact him toreceive it so that we can share the joy after all the sufferness at that time.In the moment, I am very busy here because of the projects which I and the new partner are have at hand. Finally, remember that I had forwarded instruction tomy secretary on your behalf to receive that Draft, so feel free to get intouch with Himv and He will send the Draft to you without any delay as I haveinstructed him to make sure that He send you the Draft via EMS forsecurity reason and urgent delivery of it to you.Best regards,Mmili Aro551 MainBazaar, Shahdara,New Delhi, India .

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