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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:
  • "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.
  • johnchukwu009@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "osuofia001 Gazeta.pl" <osuofia001@gazeta.pl>
Date: Wed, 2 Jul 2008 05:44:48 -0700
Subject: Attn My Dear Old Friend,


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Attn My Dear Old Friend,

You might find it so difficult to remember me. though, it is indeed, a very
long time.On my singular, I am much delighted and privileged to contact you
again, after couple of months now. I'm happy to inform you about my success
in getting those funds transferred under the cooperation of a new partner
from paraguay. It takes fate, courage and God's fearing to remember old
friends and at the sametime, to show gratification to them, despite
circumstances that made things, not worked out as we projected then.

I take this liberty to inform you that, the transaction we were pursing
together, finally worked out by God's infinite mercy and I decided to
contact you, just to let you know.

Presently i'm in Paraguay 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 despite thatit failed us some how.

I want you to contact my secretary in Togo his name is John Chukwu.on
E-mail:johnchukwu009@yahoo.com him to send you the total of $800,000.00
Dollars 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 John
Chukwu and instruct him 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 sufferness at that time. in the moment,Iam very busy here
because of the investment projects which I and the new partner are having at
hand, finally, remember that I had forwarded instruction to my secretary on
your behalf to receive that money, so feel free to get in touch with John
Chukwu, he will send the amount to you without any delay.

Regards,

Osuofia ( From Paraguay.)

Contact My Secretary In Lome
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