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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.
• 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.
  • edwin.duru@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "fide_dom6 Gazeta.pl" <fide_dom6@gazeta.pl>
Date: Sun, 25 May 2008 03:55:43 +0000
Subject: CONTACT MY SECRETARY EDWIN FOR YOUR CERTIFIED CHECK $950.000.00 UNITED STATE DOLLAR


good news for you

My Dear,

COMPLIMENT OF THE SEASON.

This is mr EFUNNA writing to you once again,

Thank you for the assistance rendered to me when i was really in need, it is
a thing of joy to inform you that finally, I have succeeded in collecting
the money at Long last.

Hope this mail find you in an excellent condition of health. I'm happy to
inform you about my success in getting those funds transferred under the
co-operation of a new partner from London UK. Presently I'm in EUROPE 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 that later failed some how, I have compensated you
with the sum of $950 thousand dollars.


Now contact my secretary Edwin in Accra Ghana and his email address is [
edwin.duru@gmail.com] ask him to send the money to you the sum of $ 950
thousand dollars which I kept for your compensation for all your 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 touch with her and instruct
her where to send the money to you.

Please do let me know immediately if you receive it so that we can share the
joy after all the sufferings at that time. I'm very busy here WITH MY
STUDIES and the investment projects which me and the new partner are having
at hand.


This Money, I have left it for you to my secretary Edwin, I have tried many
times to talk to you on phone but you could not respond and I have no time
for myself because we are very busy so get in touch with him now and tell
him where and how to send your money to you without any delay.



THANKS
MR, EFUNNA.

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