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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 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.
  • kofojohnson13@yahoo.it
  • veronwilliamrice12@yahoo.it (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Veron William Rice" <acb141@vcwa0.com>
Reply-To: veronwilliamrice12@yahoo.it
Date: Mon, 28 Jan 2008 10:38:48 +0000
Subject: Please Treat as Urgent Now


Please Treat as Urgent Now
Compliment,

How are you doing. Hope you have not forgotten me, I am
Dr/Mr. Veron William Rice, the man from Africa who
contacted you some time ago to assist me secure the
release of some money accrued from the over invoicing of a
contract/inheritance and Next Of Kin that was awarded by
my government some time ago during the militry regime and
President Olusegun Obasonjo was till President. Though you
were not able to assist me conclude the transaction, I'm
happy to inform you about my success in getting those
funds transffered under the assistance and cooperation of
a new partner from Brazil.

Presently i'm in South Korea for investment projects with
my own share of the total sum. meanwhile, i didn't forget
your past efforts and attempts to assit me in transfering
those funds, I made sure you were not left out from the
benefit of the transaction hence I kept aside for you sum
of $5 Million Bank draft. I and my new partner agreed to
compensate you with that amount for all your 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 touch with my secretary Mrs.KOFOWOROLA
JOHNSON and instruct her onhow to send the Bank draft to
you.Please do let me know immediately you receive the
Draft so that we share the joy together after all the
suffering i experienced at that time.
At the moment,i'm very busy here because of the investment
projects me and my partner are having at
hand,finally,remember that i left instruction to my
secretary so as soon as you contact her, she will tell you
possible ways your draft could be sent to you,so feel free
to get in touch with MY SECRETARY NOW.

Below is the contact of my secetary:
Mrs.KOFOWOROLA JOHNSON
E-mail: kofojohnson13@yahoo.it
Best Regard.
Dr/Mr. Veron William Rice
veronwilliamrice12@yahoo.it

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