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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 mobile phone numbers. Use of such numbers is typical for scams because they allow criminals to conceal their true location. They can receive calls in an Internet cafe from where they send you emails, while pretending to be in some office.
  • +2348029054834 (Nigeria, prepaid mobile phone)
• 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.
  • revndygold1960@hotmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "veron rice" <mailbox22@peru.com>
Reply-To: revndygold1960@hotmail.com
Date: Mon, 9 Jun 2008 02:30:43 -0700
Subject: MY INTENT...


*Your Bank Draft Is Ready..

Compliment,

How are you doing. Hope you have not forgotten me, I am Dr/Mr. Veron
WilliamRice, the man from Nigeria who contacted you some time ago to assist
me secure the release of some money accrued from the over invoicing of a
contract/inheritance and Next Of Kin that was awarded
by my government some time ago during the militry regime and President
Olusegun Obasonjo was still President. Though you were not able to asist me
conclude the transaction,I'm happy to inform you about my success in getting
those funds transffered underthe assistance and cooperation of a new partner
from Brazil.

Presently i'm in South Korea for investment projects with my own share of
the total sum. meanwhile, i didn't forget your past efforts and attempts to
assit me in transffering those funds, I made sure you are not left out the
benefit of the transaction hence I kept aside for you sum of $5 Million Bank
draft. I and my new partner agreed to compensate you with that amount 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 my secretary Rev.Father Ndy Gold and instruct him on how to send
the Bank draft to you.Please do let me know immediately you receive the
Draft so that we share the joy together after all the sufferness at that
time.

In the moment, i'm very busy here because of the investment projects which
me and my partner are having at hand,finally,remember that i had left
instruction to my secretary so as soonas you contact him, he will send the
Draft to you,sofeel free to get intouch with MY SECETARY NOW.Below is the
contact of my secetary:

Rev. Father Ndy Gold
Phone: +234-80-29054834
E-mail: **revndygold1960@hotmail.com*<http://us.mc526.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=revndygold1960@hotmail.com>
*

Best Regard.
Dr/Mr. Veron William Rice
**drveronrice@live.com* <drveronrice@live.com>

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