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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.
  • luis.brown10@yahoo.it

Fraud email example:

From: barristerdmark@freenet.de
Date: Sat, 05 Apr 2008 17:38:15 +0200
Subject: Contact my secretary.5/5/2008


THE FORMER DIRECTOR GENERAL
AFRICAN OIL COMPANY BENIN REP
My Dear
Friend,

I\'m happy to inform you about my success in getting those
funds transferred under the cooperation of a new partner from
Japan.Presently i\'m in Japan for an 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 fund despite that it
failed us some how. Now contact my secretary,his name is Luis Brown on
luis.brown10@yahoo.it ask him to send you the total 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 Luis Brown 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
suffer ness 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 john brown he will send the amount to you without any
delay.
with best regards,
barristerdmark

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