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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:
  • "cheque " (Beware of any scheme that involves cashing checks or money orders and then wiring a portion of the funds somewhere - you'll be liable for the entire amount if the checks or money orders turn out to be fake, even after you have received and forwarded cash. If it's a lottery prize, remember that real lotteries do not pay large prizes by check. They wire the money directly to your bank account and you do not pay for that. Many scammers promise a large check only in order to then demand payment of courier fees for a fake courier service. )
  • "god fearing " (scammers in West Africa like to use religious phrases)
• 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.
  • rev.barthelo@hotmail.com

Fraud email example:

From: adamanre adamanre <adamanre4@yahoo.ca>
Date: Fri, 23 May 2008 09:00:50 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: COMPENSATION


From:OWUSU MIRIAM

My Good Friend,
I'm happy to inform you about my success in getting
those funds transferred under the cooperation of a
new partner from Paraguay. Presently I am in Paraguay
for investment projects with my own share of the total Contract sum.
Mean while, 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 in Accra Ghana as i stated below follow his
instructions:

Name: Rev.Barth Elo N.
Email: rev.barthelo@hotmail.com
Telephone number: +233 276352091

Ask him to send you the cheque of $250.000.00 which I kept for your
compensation for all your past efforts and attempts to assist me in
this matter and i have appreciated your past efforts at that time very
much. So feel free and get in touched with my secretary Rev.Barth Elo N. and
instruct him where to send the cheque to you. Please do let me know
immediately you receive it so that we can share the joy together after all
the sufferness at that time you trying to help me out. At this moment I
am very busy here because of the investment projects which i and my new
partner are having at hand. Finally, remember that i had forwarded
instruction to my secretary on your behalf to receive the cheque, so feel
free to get in touch with Rev.Barth Elo N. to send the cheque to you without
any further delay and try to be honest with him because he is God
fearing man.

With best regards,
Owusu Miriam



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