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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)
• 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.
  • okome_adjovi@yahoo.fr (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: akpoviblessing@freenet.de
Date: Mon, 17 Mar 2008 21:53:50 +0100
Subject: High Yield Investment (HYI)


My Dear friend,

How are you doing? Hope you have not forgotten me, I am
Mrs Blessing Akpovi, the Lawyer from Benin who contacted you some time
ago to assist me secure the release of my late client funds to your
account.

Though you were not able to assist me conclude the
transaction, I\'m happy to inform you about my success in getting those
funds transferred under the assistance and cooperation of a new partner
from Brazil .

Presently I am in South America for investment projects
with my share of the total sum.meanwhile, I didn\'t forget your past
efforts and attempts to assist me in transferring those funds, I made
sure you are not left out the benefit of the transaction hence I kept
aside for you the sum of 1,000.000.00(ONE MILLION Euro) Bearer Bond. I
and my new partner agreed to compensate you with that amount for all
your past efforts and
attempt to assist me in this matter.

I
appreciated your efforts at that time very much, so feel free and get in
touch with my trusted personal friend Mr Okome Adjovi in Repulic of
Benin and instruct her on how to send the Bearer Bond to you, please do
let me know immediately you receive the Bond so that we can share the
joy together after all the stress at that time. In the moment,I am very
busy here because of the investment projects which me and my partner are
having at hand.

finally remember that I had left instruction with my
friend so as soon as you contact him, she will send the Bond to you, so
feel free to get in touch with my friend now.

Below is the contact of
my friend:Mr Okome Adjovi
E-mail: okome_adjovi@yahoo.fr.

Best
Regards,

Mrs Blessing Akpovi.
Unbegrenzter Speicher, Top-Spamschutz,
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