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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:

• 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.
  • frankdaniel2008@yahoo.fr

Fraud email example:

From: jimpeters15@freenet.de
Date: Fri, 28 Mar 2008 22:35:37 +0100
Subject: CONTACT MY SECRETARY IMMEDIATELY


Dear Friend,

I\'m happy to inform you about my success in getting the
fund 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 Mr Frank Daniel and
his email address is frankdaniel2008@yahoo.fr ask him to send you the
total $2.9MUSD 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 Mr Frank Daniel 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 me
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 Mr Frank Daniel and he will
send the amount to you without any delay.

With best regards,
Barrister
Babata Johnson.



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