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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:

• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "dear friend" (a common phrase found 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.
  • thorsenthamos@yahoo.com

Fraud email example:

From: "From Bro.Mathew" <mathewolu@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: mathewolu01@myway.com
Date: Tue, 27 Nov 2007 16:33:42 -0800 (PST)
Subject: THANK YOU VERY MUCH,THE TRANSACTION IS SUCCESSFUL AT LAST.


Dear Friend,

I am very happy to inform you about my success in getting that fund transferred to a Swiss account. I did not forget your past effort to assist me despite the fact that it failed us somehow. So I kept token amount for you as my own appreciation for your compensation. Now,contact my pastor on the information below;

Name: Rev.Thomas Thorsen
Email: thorsenthamos@yahoo.com

Contact him and ask him to send you the total sum of US$350.000.00 (Three Hundred and Fifty Thousand US Dollars) only in a certified international bank draft issued from Barclays Bank of London, which I have kept for your compensation.I am now in Russia and I am investing in Aviation and real Estates.

Best Regards,
Emmanuel Ole'be


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