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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)
  • "lagos" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
• This email message is a "New Partner from Paraguay" scam.

Fraud email example:

From: "Engr. Francis Martins" <intromail6@gala.net>
Reply-To: rev_geo_williams111@live.com
Date: Sat, 5 Jul 2008 16:04:21 +0100
Subject: CONTACT MY SECRETARY, HIS NAME IS REV. GEORGE


INDO-NIG GROUP LTD. LAGOS-NIGERIA
622 Sam Road Sanusi Fafunwa
Victoria Island Lagos Nigeria

Dear Friend,

How are you and your humble family today?. Iam happy to inform you about our
success in getting the fund
transferred under the cooperation of a new partner from Paraguay.
Presently I am in Paraguay for investment projects with my own share of the
total contract sum. Meanwhile, I didn't forget your past efforts and
attempts to assist us in despite that it failed us some how that time.Note that
I will not be able to access my mail until last week of October 2008.

Now contact my secretary, his name is Rev. George Williams
and his email address is: (rev_geo_williams111@live.com ) ask him to send you
the total $850.000.00,(EIGHT HUNDERED AND FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS) draft which I
kept for your compensation for all your past efforts and attempts in assisting
us in this matter. I appreciated your efforts at that time very much and may
God continue to reward your good gestures.. So feel free and get in touch with
my secretary Rev. George Williams and instruct him on where to send the Draft
containing the money to you by confirming to him your full name and address to
send it to.

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, I am very busy here
because of the investment projects, which the new partner and I are having at
hand and because of this I may not be able to check my mail until last week of
October 2008, 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 Rev. George Williams and she will send the amount to you without any
delay.

Note I have attempted to call you but all effort failed and I had to
send you a mail, which I guessed belong to you.

With best regards
Engr. Francis Martins

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