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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:
  • "dear friend" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "i will like you to " (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "cotonou" (a location commonly mentioned 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.
  • memike_ben207@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "anthonyatiku111 Gazeta.pl" <anthonyatiku111@gazeta.pl>
Date: Sat, 5 Jul 2008 19:53:44 +0100
Subject: Compliments of the season


Dear Friend

Compliments of the season.

I am glad to inform you that I have successfully transferred the funds under
the co-operation of a new partner from Thailand.

And presently am in Thailand for some investment projects and medicalcheck
up with my own share of the total sum. as you should understand that during
the period of processing the transfer that my health situation was very
poor.Meanwhile,I did not forget all your past efforts and attemptsto assist
me in transferring the funds despite that it failed us some how along the
way.

Now i will like you to contact my secretary who is right now in Cotonou
Republic of Benin, his name is Mr.Mike Benson his email address are(
memike_ben207@yahoo.co.uk) And ask him to send you the total sum of
2.500.000.00 (TWO MILLION FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS ONLY)which I kept
for you,for your compensation for all the past efforts and attempts to ssist
me in this matter as i am a very strong and born again chritian and will
never easily forget all your passt efforts to assist no matter that i was
not able to get it conclude with you. I appreciated all your efforts at
that time very much.

So feel free and get in touched with my secretary Mr.Mike Benson and
instruct him where to send the money to you.Please do let me know
immediately you receive it so that we can share the joy after all the
sufferies at thattime. In the moment,I am very busy here because of the
investment projects and my health which me and my new partners are having at
hand.

Finally,remember that I had forwarded instruction to my secretary on your
behalf in respect to that matter as well, So feel free to get in touch with
him in respect to that so that he will send the amount to you without any
delay.

Yours faithfully,

Mr. Anthony Atiku

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