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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:
  • "dear friend" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "barrister" (Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.)
• This email message is a "New Partner from Paraguay" scam.
• Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.
• 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.
  • augndoka@yahoo.gr (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: georgeisaac@freenet.de
Date: Mon, 10 Mar 2008 17:46:53 +0100
Subject: Contact Augustine Ndoka For Your $800,000.00


Dear friend,

Happy New Year in Advance, l, m happy to inform you about
my success in getting those funds transferred under the cooperation of a
new partner from paraguay. Presently i\'m in Paraguay 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 those funds
despite that it failed us some how. Now contact my secretary his name is
,AUGUSTINE NDOKA his email is ( augndoka@yahoo.gr ) Ask him to send you
the total sum of $800,000,00. 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 and instruct him where to send, the amount to you.


Please do let me know immediately you receive it so that we can share
the joy after all the sufferness at that time.in the moment, i am very
busy here because of the investment projects which I and the new
partner
are having at hand, finally, remember that I had forwarded
instruction to the secretary on your behalf to receive that money, so
feel free to get in touch with AUGUSTINE NDOKA through his email address
above he will send the amount to you without any delay. Remember to
forward your mailing address information such as:-

Your Full
name,
Your Home and Office Address,
Your Telephone number,

With the
above information the diplomatic can locate you on his arrival.
With
best regards,
Barrister George Isaac

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