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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:
  • "million us dollars" (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 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.
  • +447031827520 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)
• 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.
  • compensationoffice704@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "KOFFI ASARE" <koffiasare01@ig.com.br>
Reply-To: compensationoffice.gh@gmail.com
Date: Tue, 24 Jun 2008 10:25:54 -0700
Subject:


Hello My 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 India. Presently I'm in London for
investment projects with my own share of the total sum.

Meanwhile i didn't forget your past efforts and attempts to assist mein
transferring those funds despite that it failed us some how.Now contact Mr
Jako Daniel in the Compensation Office in Accra Ghana where I left some
Money with them $950,000.00 for your compensation,this is the Company's
email address: compensationoffice704@gmail.com

I appreciated your efforts at that time very much.so feel free and get in
touch with Mr JAKO DANIEL and no one else please, and instruct him where to
send the amount to you.I am compensating you due to the fact that your
information which you sent to me during the transaction is what i used to
pull this fund out of the bank,my partner from India only financed the
transaction.

Again,I am compensating you incase if the bank contact you to make an
enquries if you have received the transfered fund of ($25million us dollars)
into your account.Pls inform the bank that you have received it.and that is
exactly the major reason i am compensating you with this amount of
$950,000.00.

Please do let me know immediately you receive this money 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 I and the new partner are having at
hand presently,finally,remember that I had forwarded instruction to Mr JAKO
DANIEL he will send the amount to you without any delay.

With best regards,

Mr Koffi Asare
Tel# +44-703-182-7520

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