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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)
  • "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.
  • mrmike_ben2004@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: samuelsodeh1@freenet.de
Date: Wed, 02 Apr 2008 12:47:33 +0200
Subject: Compliments of the season.


Dear Friend,

Compliments of the season.

I am glad to inform you that I
have successfully transferred the funds under the co-operation of a new
partner from Thailand.

And presently am in Thailand for some investment
projects and medicalcheck up withmy own share of the total sum. as you
should understand that during the period of processing the transfer that
my health situation was very poor.Meanwhile,I did not forget all your
past efforts and attemptsto assist me in transferring the funds despite
that it failed us some how along the way.

Now i will like you to
contact my secretary who is right now in Cotonou Republic of Benin, his
name is Mr.Mike Benson his email address are
(mrmike_ben2004@yahoo.co.uk) And ask him to send you the total sum of
$850.000.00 which I kept for you,for your compensation for all the
pastefforts and attempts to ssist me in this matter as i am a very
strong and born again chritian and will never easily forget all your
passt efforts to assist no matter that i was not able to get it conclude
with you. I appreciated all your efforts at that time very much.

So
feel free and get in touched with my secretary Mr.Mike Benson and
instruct him where to send the money to you.Please do let me know
immediately you receive it so that we can share the joy after all the
sufferies at thattime. In the moment,I am very busy here because of the
investment projects and my health which me and my new partners are
having at hand.

Finally,remember that I had forwarded instruction to
my secretary on your behalf in respect to that matter as well, So feel
free to get in touch with him in respect to that so that he will send
the amount to you without any delay.

Yours faithfully,

Mr.Samuel
Sodeh

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