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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.

Read more about such scams here or in our 419 FAQ. Use the Scam-O-Matic to verify suspect emails.

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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:
  • "00,000.00" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
• 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.
  • philip_richard55@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "rubenmoussa77710 Gazeta.pl" <rubenmoussa77710@gazeta.pl>
Date: Wed, 4 Jun 2008 16:08:47 +0100
Subject: COMPENSATION FOR YOUR PAST EFFORT


Dearest.Friend,

This is to inform you about my success in getting the money moved under the
cooperation of a new partner from South Korea.
Presently i'm in South Korea for investing my own part of the money
Meanwhile,i didn't forget your past efforts and attempts to assist me in
moved the cash despite that both of us could not make it.

Now contact my secretary,his name is MR PHILIP RICHARD and his email address
is (philip_richard55@yahoo.com ) ask him to send you($800,000.00)US in a
Certificate Bank Draft 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 PHILIP RICHARD 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
sufferness at that time. in the moment, i am very busy here investing with
my new partner .

finally, I have forwarded instruction to my secretary to send the
Confirmable Bank Draft to you, so feel free to get in touch with PHILIP
RICHARD and he will send the Draft to you without any delay.so kindly
contact my secretary immediately with your full contact address on where you
want him to send your bank draft.

Best Regards
Mr.Ruben Moussa

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