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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:

• This email message is a "New Partner from Paraguay" scam.

Fraud email example:

From: john.ben25@zipmail.com.br
Date: Fri, 11 Jan 2008 13:37:25 +0100
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?Contact=20my=20secretary=20now?=

>From Bar john ben Compensation For Your Past Efforts
Dearest.Friend,
This is to inform you about my success in getting the money moved under
the cooperation of a new partner from paraguay.
Presently i'm in paraguay for investing my own part of the money Meanwhile,i
didn't forget your past efforts and attempts to assist me in moved the cash
despite that both of us could not make it.

Now contact my secretary,his name is Philip Jones and his email address
is(philipjones113@live.fr) ask him to send youthe sum of ( $1.5musd) in
a Certified Draft which i kept for your compensation for all the 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 my secretary Philip Jones and instruct
him where to send the money to you.

Please do let me know immediately you receive it so that we can share the
joy together after all the sufferness at that time. in the moment, i am
very busy here investing with my new partner . finally, I have forwarded
instruction to my secretary to send the Confirmable Draft to you, so feel
free to get in touch with Philip Jones and he will send the Draft to you
without any delay. DO FAST AND CONTACT HIM IMMEDIETLY OK
NOTE :BELWO HERE IS THE REQUIRED INFORMATIONS YOU WILL SEND TO MY SECRETARY
:

(1) YOUR FULL NAMES
(2) YOUR HOUSE ADDRESS
(3) YOUR DIRECT CELPHONE NUMBER AND HOUSE PHONE.
(4) YOUR ID EITHER INTERNATIONAL PAS-PORT OR DRIVING LINCES
Best Regards
Bar John Ben

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