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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)
  • "lagos" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
• This email message is a "New Partner from Paraguay" scam.

Fraud email example:

From: barrdmark771@freenet.de
Date: Mon, 14 Apr 2008 15:09:52 +0200
Subject: HAVE YOUR COMPENSATION FOR YOUR PASST EFFORT



Dear Friend,

Complements of the day , I\'m relieved to inform you
about my success in getting those funds transferred under the
cooperation of a new partner from Brazil. Presently I\'m in Brazil 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 Peter Rotimi through His below
address,
CONTACT:MR Peter Rotimi ADDRESS: Carre 1299, Ste Rita LAGOS
City LAGOS FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA EMAIL
ADDRESS:(peter_777rotimi@post.ro) Ask Him to send you the bank draft of
the $1,200.000.00 which I kept for your compensation for all the past
efforts and attempts to assist me in this matter.
I appreciated your
collective efforts at that time so feel free and get in touch with my
confidential secretary MR Peter Rotimi and instructh Him where to send
the amount to you by recomfirming the below information to Him as it is
below.
Your full name:.................................
Home or office
address: ......................
Phone number:
...............................
Country location:
...........................
Present
Occupation..............................
Age/Marital
Status..............................
YOUR IDENTIFICATION,PERSONAL ID OR
PASSPORT,scan it and send to Him.
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 in Brazil because of the
investment projects which myself and the new partner are having at hand
without confrontations, 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 Peter Rotimi
(peter_777rotimi@post.ro)
He will send the bank draft to you
immediately.
Best Regards,
Dr David Mark

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