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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)
  • "united state dollar" (this email uses bad English)
• 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.
  • henry_frank100@yahoo.fr (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: johnson aka <johnson_aka13@live.fr>
Date: Thu, 22 Nov 2007 09:08:17 +0100
Subject: Dear Partner



Dear Partner,
I'm happy to inform you about my success in getting those funds transferred with the cooperation of a new partner from london. Presently I'm in London UK 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 the funds despite that it failed us some how.
Now contact my secretary in BENIN REPUBLIC his name is Mr Henry Frank on email;henry_frank100@yahoo.fr I have instructed him to release to you the sum of of One Million eight hundred and fifty thousand US dollarsonly (US$1,300,000.00) as a compensation for all the past efforts and attempts to assist me in getting the fund.
ATM CARD HAS BEEN MANDATED TO ISSUE OUT USD$1.300.000.00. ONE MILLION THREE HUNDRED THOUSAND UNITED STATE DOLLAR AS PART COMPENSATION FOR THIS FISCAL YEAR 2005/2007.
I so much appreciated your efforts at that time, so feel free and get in touch with my secretary Mr Henry Frank, and introduce yourself to him and he will know how to send you the money. Please do let me know immediately you receive the money so that we can share the joy together after all the long suffering.At the moment,
I’m very busy here because of the investment projects which I and the new partner are under going and may not be able to be having regular access to internet incase I did not return your mail.Now contact my secretary with this email;henry_frank100@yahoo.fr Below is the information you are to send to him .
1.Marital Status: 2.Occupation:3.Age:4.Sex:5.Nationality:6.Country Of Residence:7.Telephone Number:8.Fax Number9.Your full address10Your full nameBest.MR JOHNSON AKA.
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