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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:
  • "dear friend" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
• 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.
  • sec_koupaki@yahoo.fr

Fraud email example:

From: "davidrobert021 Gazeta.pl" <davidrobert021@gazeta.pl>
Date: Mon, 23 Jun 2008 16:37:51 +0200
Subject: COMPLIMENT OF THE SEASON.


My Dear Friend,

This is Mr Davidr Obert 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 Check of $3.5M, Three million five hundred thousand dollars.

Now contact Mr.Sec koupaki my Secratery in Benin Republic and his email
address is :(sec_koupaki@yahoo.fr) ask him to send the money to you the sum
of $3.5, three million five hundred 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 him and instruct him where to send the amount 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 Mr. Sec koupaki, 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 now.

Mr Davidr Obert

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