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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)
  • "i will like you to " (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "00,000.00" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
  • "cotonou" (a location commonly mentioned 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.
  • frankmoon88@yahoo.dk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: jimpeters14@freenet.de
Date: Sat, 29 Mar 2008 05:40:01 +0100
Subject: MAY GOD BE WITH YOU



My dear friend.
How are you today? Hope all is well with you and your
family?, You may
not understand why this mail came to you.But if you do
not remember me,
you might have receive an email from me in the past
regarding a
multi-million-dollars business proposal which we never
concluded.
I am using this opportunity to inform you that this

multi-million-dollar business has been concluded with the assistance of
another partner from
Germany who financed the transaction to a logical
and in a succesful
and peaceful conclusion.
I thank you for your great
effort to our unfinished transfer of fund
into your account due to one
reason or the other best known to you.But I
want to inform you that the
new partner and I have successfully
transferred the fund out of my bank
to my new partner\'s account in
Germany that was capable of assisting me
in this great venture.
Due to your due efforts, sincerity, couragousness
and trust worthiness
You showed during the course of the transaction.I
want to compensate
you by showing my gratitude to you with the sum of
$1,200,000.00; I have
left a certified international bankdraft for you
worth of $1,200,000.00
cashable worldwide.
My dear friend I will like
you to contact my secretary Mr Frank, on his
direct email address at
[frankmoon88@yahoo.dk] for the collection of your
bank draft.authorized
him to release the Bank Draft to you whenever you contact
him in
regarding of it. At the moment, I\'m very busy here in Germany
because
of the investment projects, which I and the new partner are
having at
hand.I will like you to accept this token with good faith as
this is
from the bossom of my heart,Also comply with Mr.frank\'\'s
directives so
that he will send the draft to you without any delay.
Contact;: Mr Frank
Moon.
Address ;Cotonou, Benin Republic,
His email address is;
frankmoon88@yahoo.dk
Therefore, you should send him your Name, telephone
number inclusive of
your correct mailing address where you want him to
send the draft to
you.
Thanks and God bless you and your family.


Regards,
Mr Jimx Peter.



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