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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.
• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • ",000,000" (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)
  • "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.
  • felly_kwennsss@myway.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "komo john" <johnkomo00111@mailbox.hu>
Reply-To: felly_kwennsss@myway.com
Date: Wed, 4 Jun 2008 09:41:47 -0700
Subject: Hello Friend,


*Hello Friend,

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 Paraguay. Presently I'm in
South Korea for investment projects with my own share of the total sum.

Meanwhile I didn't forget you're past efforts and attempts to assist me in
transferring those funds despite that it failed us some how.Now contact my
secretary in Nigeria her name is MISS.Felicia and her email address is (**
felly_kwennsss@myway.com* <felly_kwennsss@myway.com>*) ask her to send you
the total $2,000,000.00 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 intouch with my secretary MISS.
Felicia and instruct her 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 sufferings at that time. I'm 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 My secretary on your behalf to
receive those moneys feel free to get in touch with Miss.Felicia she will
send the amount to you without any delay.

With Best Regards,

Mr. John Komo *

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