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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.
• This email message is a "New Partner from Paraguay" scam.
• This email lists mobile phone numbers. Use of such numbers is typical for scams because they allow criminals to conceal their true location. They can receive calls in an Internet cafe from where they send you emails, while pretending to be in some office.
  • +22997587662 (Benin, probably a prepaid mobile phone)
  • +22997912195 (Benin, probably a prepaid mobile phone)
• 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.
  • transferdept555@gmail.com
  • transferdept777@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: faith good <johnson_060@hotmail.fr>
Reply-To: <pastor_jude_2007@myway.com>
Date: Sat, 1 Dec 2007 01:19:02 +0100
Subject: Dearest Friend,






Dearest Friend,This is to inform you about my success in getting the money moved under the cooperation of a new partner from paraguay. Now contact my secretary,bank the name of the bank is CONTINENTAL TRUST BANK and this is the Director name Dr Mohammed alifat,
and the bank email address; transferdept555@gmail.com and the bank email address; transferdept777@gmail.com telephone nomber; 00229 979 12 195telephone fax; .+229-9758-7662
tell them that you send by mr johnson peter, to send you $800.000.00 usd which i kept for your compensation for all the past efforts and attempts to assist me in this matter. I have forwarded instruction to the bank to send the money to you, as soon as you contact them so feel free to get in touch with them to send the money to you without any delay. Also, iam advising you to contact them with your informations such as:
YOUR FULL NAME;.....................................................HOME/OFFICE ADDRESS;.........................................HOME/OFFICE TELPHONE;........................................COUNTRY;s CODE;?.................................................OCCUPATION;.........................................................GENDER;.................................................................MARITAL ...............................................................AGE;.....................................................................SEX; ...................................................................Sincerely Yours,Barr; johnson peter,


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