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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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• This email message is a "New Partner from Paraguay" scam.

Fraud email example:

From: "amala shawa" <amalashawa@gala.net>
Date: Wed, 9 Jul 2008 07:06:39 -0700
Subject: My appreciation letter .


My appreciation letter .

So far so good,I am very happy to inform you about my success in getting
those funds transferred under the cooperation of a new partner from Hong
Kong. Presently I'm in India 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 that it failed us some how. In appreciation
of your assistance I have mapped out as a compensation and wrote on your
favour a check worth of Us$1.200,000.

Now contact my secretary in Benin republic, Henry Shawa on his e-mail
address ( henryshawa@live.com ) ask him to send you the total of $1.200,000
which I kept for your compensation for all the past efforts and attempts to
assist me in the matter. Bear in mind that the $750,000 is in draft,not
cash, so you need to send to him your full name and address where the draft
will be delivered to you.I appreciated your efforts at that time very much.

So feel free to get in touched with my secretary Henry Shawa and and furnish
him with the below information to enable him send the Bank Draft to you
without any delay.And make sure that you furnish him with the following
information:

(1) YOUR FULL NAMES
(2) YOUR FULL ADDRESS
(3) YOUR DIRECT CELLPHONE

In the moment,I'm very busy here because of the investment projects which me
and the new partner are having at hand. Finally, bear in mind that I had
forwarded instruction to my secretary to mail the draft to you once receipt
of the above information.Here is his email address again (
henryshawa@live.com )

Regards,
Mr Williams Usman.

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